From Paris to Tehran: French-Iranian playwright explores grief of exile in ‘4,211 km’
By France24
24 June 2023 |
7:22 am
"4,211 km" is the distance between Tehran and Paris. It's also the title of a new play by French-Iranian director Aila Navidi showing at France's famed Avignon theatre festival next month. The show centres around a young woman named Yalda Farhadi, born in France to Iranian dissidents who never give up their dream of returning to their home country.
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