Radiograph of a Family
“Mother married a photo of Father,” says director Firouzeh Khosrovani in the opening of this deeply personal documentary. She’s not speaking metaphorically. Her mother Tayi literally married a portrait of Hossein in Tehran; he was in Switzerland studying radiology and was unable to travel back to his homeland for the wedding. The event illustrates the abyss that still exists in their marriage: Hossein is a secular progressive and Tayi a devout, traditional Muslim. But this family history is also an X-ray of sorts, laying bare the conflicts of Iranian society in the run-up to and aftermath of the Iranian Revolution in 1979.
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Watch "Radiograph of a Family" on NRK TV released in 2020. It's a documentary movie, and has a rating of 7.4 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie, and is currently available to watch for free.
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