The Queen and I

The Queen and I (2008)

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Filmmaker and Iranian exile Nahid Persson talks with Queeen Farah, the widow of the late Shah of Iran, who also has been an Iranian exile since the Shah was overthrown in 1979. A meeting of two women who once belonged to opposite sides in Iran.

Date of release
2008-11-20
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Nahid Persson Sarvestani

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Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Egypt

The Queen and I 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.

Production and release

The film, produced in association with SVT and NHK, and with financial backing from the Swedish Film Institute and the EU MEDIA programme, was shot during several meetings between Nahid and Farah over a period of two years. It was first shown at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam in November 2008, and then at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2009, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize.

In the United States, the film never saw a theatrical release, but went directly to TV. HBO showed it for the US audience on 17 June 2012.

In various interviews after the film was released, Farah Pahlavi has expressed that she likes the film herself, and she was invited to Sweden by Nahid Persson Sarvestani to see the first rough-cut version that was two hours long.

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