The Queen and I (2009)

Original title

Drottningen och jag

Directed by

Nahid Persson Sarvestani

Genre

documentary film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

12

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Iranian-Swedish filmmaker and the former empress of Iran meet to talk about their shared experiences of exile. They discuss their different views on the country they both had to leave behind.

reflectiveintimatebittersweetcontemplativeconversationalpoignantpersonal

What happens

The Queen and I (Swedish: Drottningen och jag) is a 2008 Swedish-made documentary feature film about Farah Pahlavi, the former Queen and Empress of Iran. The film was produced and directed by Iranian-Swedish filmmaker Nahid Persson Sarvestani. The film follows the former queen and empress and the director, a former communist, as they share ideas and concerns about the country they were both forced to leave after the revolution. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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