Fifi Howls from Happiness
Produced in 2013
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Synopsis
Mitra Farahani’s lyrical documentary explores the enigma of provocative artist Bahman Mohassess, the so-called “Persian Picasso,” whose acclaimed paintings and sculptures dominated pre-revolutionary Iran. Irreverent and uncompromising, a gay man in a hostile world, Mohassess had a conflicted relationship with his homeland. He was revered by elites in the art scene and praised as a national icon, only to be censored later by an oppressive regime.
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Mitra Farahani’s lyrical documentary explores the enigma of provocative artist Bahman Mohasses, the so-called “Persian Picasso,” whose acclaimed paintings and sculptures dominated pre-revolutionary Iran. Irreverent and uncompromising, a gay man in a hostile world, Mohasses had a conflicted relationship with his homeland. He was revered by elites in the art scene and praised as a national icon, only to be censored later by an oppressive regime.
Fifi Howls from Happiness
2013