Filmmaker Nahid Persson Sarvestani is an Iranian exile living in Sweden who, as a poor Communist teenager, supported the overthrow of the Shah of Iran in 1979. Sarvestani seeks out the Shah's widow, the still-elegant and pampered Queen Farah—currently a resident of Paris—in this fascinating portrait of two women united by their love of their homeland. The Queen and I is a film about how history plays out in the lives of individuals, and how loss can bring together two women who view that history through very different lenses. A poignant story of friendship and a personal investigation of subjectivity and truth, the film was called "captivating and remarkable" by the Los Angeles Times.

(Sweden, 2008, 90 minutes.)
In Persian with subtitles.

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