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Cinema: “Leila and her brothers” by Saeed Roustae, vibrant tribute to Iranian women

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Scene from the film "Leila and her brothers", with Taraneh Alidoosti.

© Amirhossein Shojaei

By: Elisabeth Lequeret Follow

Presented at the last Cannes Film Festival, the Iranian film

 by Saeed Roustae, follows in the footsteps of Leila, a young woman who fights to bring her family, her four brothers and her parents out of poverty.

• Movie theater

• Iran

• Culture