Popular (film)

2020 Iranian film

Popular

Film poster

Directed by| Soheil Beiraghi
Written by| Soheil Beiraghi
Produced by| Soheil Beiraghi
Starring|

* Fatemeh Motamed-Arya
* Hootan Shakiba
* Baran Kosari

Cinematography| Hossein Jafarian
Edited by| Hayedeh Safiyari
Music by| Christophe Rezai
Distributed by| Persia Film Distribution

Release date

* 1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) (Fajr Film Festival)

Country| Iran
Language| Persian

Popular (Persian: عامه‌پسند, romanized: Aamme-Pasand) is a 2020 Iranian film written and directed by Soheil Beiraghi. The film screened for the first time at the 38th Fajr Film Festival.[1]

## Cast

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* Fatemeh Motamed-Arya as Fahime Mirbod
* Hootan Shakiba as Milad Bodaghi
* Baran Kosari as Afsane Shirkhodaei

## Commentary and controversy

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In 2019, Popular, Beiraghi's third feature film was eliminated from the Fajr Festival's public screening program. The director published a comment on his social media page which read: “God in Heaven!... Popular wasn’t allowed to be screened in Mashhad! I called all the people I knew to ask why. All of them said unanimously, ‘We just obey orders from above!’ I wonder where and who this “above” is! I wish I could talk to this “above”! He or she needs to explain why he doesn't allow the others to see the film while he himself hasn't still seen it and simply eliminated it...” To show respect for his viewers, Beiraghi shared a few minutes of the beginning of his film through live video.[2][3][4]

## References

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1. ^ Agency, قوه قضائیه | خبرگزاری میزان | Mizan Online News (February 1, 2020). "آغاز سی و هشتمین جشنواره فیلم فجر با "سه کام حبس"/اکران "عامه پسند" در سینمای اهالی رسانه". fa (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2022-09-13. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
2. ^ YJC, خبرگزاری باشگاه خبرنگاران | آخرین اخبار ایران و جهان | (February 4, 2020). "لغو اکران فیلم "عامه پسند" در مشهد". fa (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2022-09-13. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
3. ^ "لغو اکران "عامه پسند" در مشهد/ سهیل بیرقی: به همه زنگ زدم همه می‌گویند "از بالا" گفته‌اند!!". www.salamcinama.ir. Archived from the original on 2021-11-12. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
4. ^ "دبیر جشنواره فیلم فجر مشهد:"عامه پسند" از اول در لیست ما نبود/ از واکنش بیرقی تعجب کردم! | خبرگزاری فارس". www.farsnews.ir. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2022-01-02.

## External links

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* Popular at IMDb

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