The Queen and I (film)
The Queen and I Swedish Drottningen och jag is a 2008 Swedishmade documentary feature film about Farah Pahlavi, the former Queen and Empress of Iran. The film was produced and directed by IranianSwedish 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.
After several emails to the former empress, Nahid is invited to her home in Paris. Two weeks into the filming, however, Farahs secretary discovers Nahids previous involvement in antiShah organizations, and Farah refuses to continue. Six months later, Nahid sends Farah a trailer shes made from the footage so far, and seeing that Farah realises that Nahid isnt out to slander her, so she invites Nahid back to continue with the documentary. Together, they visit different places and talk about various subjects. They go to a caf in Paris, where Farah is stopped by Iranian people who recognise her they travel to Cairo, Egypt where Farah first came during her exile and where the shah is buried and to Washington D.C. area in a royalist parties, still recognising the former empress as their queen and her son, Reza Pahlavi, as the present Shah. They also attend a gala for the Iranian Childrens Foundation. By the end of the film an unlikely friendship has formed between the exiled queen and her former adversary.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. It was released on cinema in Sweden onFebruary 2009, and after touring more film festivals, it also saw a theatrical release in France onDecember 2009. ........
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