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Stronger Than a Bullet

Stronger Than a Bullet

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 20, 2017

Runtime

1h 15m

Genres

Documentary, History

User Score

80%

Original Title

Stronger Than a Bullet

Production Companies

Seconde Vague Productions, ARTE, Nima Film, SVT, TVO

Director

Maryam Ebrahimi

Budget

$550,000

Description

Iran, January 16th, 1979. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees after being overthrown. Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Tehran and proclaims the Islamic Republic on April 1st, 1979. In the same year, Saddam Hussein seizes power in Iraq and, after several border skirmishes, attacks Iran on September 22nd, 1980, initiating a cruel war that will last eight years. Since its outbreak, correspondent Saeid Sadeghi documented it from its beginning to its bitter end.