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Mohsen Makhmalbaf

"I wanted to be left alone to live my life, so it was very easy for people to pretend that they were me."

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"I wanted to be left alone to live my life, so it was very easy for people to pretend that they were me."

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"In many ways, it is very real, because I sat there for 9 days, and it was constantly happening, and that was the 9 days of making the film. But you can't say that it's 100% true, because there are places where I've been intrusive and interfered."
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"The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan."
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"Five years ago, Samira did not want to continue in the regular school system in Iran. To help her with her education, I set up a home school. It wasn't just for my family, it was open to other friends."
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