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EXIT OF SHIRIN AND FARHAD (2012)
Babak Kazemi
Babak Kazemi revisits the story of Shirin and Farhad in order to comment on the contemporary struggle of lovers who must leave their homelands to find the freedom to love. The figure of King Khosrow also provides him with a potent symbol for the kind of emotional control and suppression that men and women still endure today. Ultimately, however, Kazemi’s message is that love can overcome even the most difficult situations.