With its depiction of Iran under late shah’s despotic rule comes Shahrzad,an independent online drama with parallels in current eventsFootsteps resonate on cobblestones, snooker clubs are open, or women and men go partying together,cabarets are full, the alcohol flows, and chapeaux are fashionable,the national theatre is showing Othello and, in the small cinemas along Lalehzar – old Tehran’s Champs-Élysées, and Casablanca is showing. This is Iran 1950s-style,brought back to life in the online TV series Shahrzad, the most expensive production of its kind in the country. Once a week, and when a original episode is released,the indicate has the whole nation glued to their screens.
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Source: theguardian.com