Close to two decades have passed since Golshifteh Farahani was forced to flee Iran after her appearance alongside Leonardo Di Caprio in Ridley Scott’s Middle East thriller Body of Lies angered the Islamic Regime authorities in her native country.

She left behind a successful acting career and a body of award-winning Farsi language work which included Dariush Mehrjui’s The Pear Tree, Azizollah Hamidnezhad’s Iran-Iraq war drama The Tear of the Cold , Mohammad Ali Talebi’s The Wall and Asghar Farhadi ’s About Elly.

The actress rebuilt her life and career outside of Iran, racking up 40 features since, with credits ranging from European productions such as Mia Hansen-Løve’s French club scene drama Eden , Hiner Saleem’s Kurdish drama My Sweet Pepper Land and William Tell t

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