Freedom and Other Maladies (2016)

Gholam-Hossein Saedi was an acclaimed Iranian author, playwright and screenwriter with an oeuvre that contains more than thirty publications. Freedom And Other Maladies depicts Saedi's restless passion and heartbroken demise based on letters that he wrote over the years as well as interviews with his close friends and associates. The documentary film focuses on the last four years of Saedi's life in Paris, at the peak of his suffering, painfully aware that he would die in exile.

Cast (9)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi

himself (footage archive)

R

Reza Aghnami

B

Bahman Amini

self

A

Ali Badri

self

M

Mohammad Jalai Chimeh

self

H

Hedayat Matin Daftari

self

S

Soheila Ghassemlou

self

M

Manouchehr Hezarkhani

self

N

Nasser Pakdaman

self

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