Hajji Washington (1982)

Original title

حاجی واشنگتن

Directed by

Ali Hatami

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Iran

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 1982 Iranian comedy drama about Iran's first ambassador to the United States. It follows his efforts to navigate American culture and politics while representing his homeland.

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What happens

Hajji Washington (Persian: حاجی واشنگتن) is an Iranian comedy/drama film directed by Ali Hatami. The film is a fictionalized account of Iran's first ambassador to the United States, Hajji Washington. Filmed in Italy (filling in for Washington, D.C.) and Ghazali Cinematic Mini-City in 1982, Hajji Washington was not publicly screened in Iran until 1998. The film's music is by the late Persian classical musician Mohammad Reza Lotfi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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