Synopsis: As Southern Iran suffers from economic and political chaos, employment becomes harder to find and a growing number of people turn to a new livelihood — smuggling. As this illegal enterprise becomes especially popular among Iran’s young people, filmmaker Saeed Dehghani offers a look at a growing part of the Middle East’s underground economy in the short documentary Contrast. Contrast was screened in competition at the 2007 Rotterdam International Film Festival.
Saeed Dehghani (born September 1980, Bushehr, Iran) is an Iranian film director and producer. He graduated from Soore University with a Bachelor of Film in Directing. He has also worked as an assistant director in award wining films and documentaries. Saeed has directed and produced more than 40 documentaries, television series and commercials and CONTRAST marked his debut as a director in 2005.
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