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Photo by Karin Corea-Laurel
Celebrity Postcards
A street vendor in the Caspian coastal city of Bandar-e Anzali sells postcards of Iranian movie stars.
Just before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, a series of attacks left 182 theatres boarded up or destroyed. Film production came to a complete halt, and the import of foreign films was banned.
Today, Iran is host to a thriving film industry that has won critical acclaim in international circles. In 2000, Iranian films earned 118 international awards.
The price of a theatre ticket in Iran is just $.20