Fakhri Khorvash in the picture frame

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In 1971, her film Mr. Naive won a Jury award at the Moscow International Film Festival, and was a hit in Iran. She won a best actress award at the Sepas festival that year.By 1972, the Iranian Ministry of Cultural Affairs had imposed strict guidelines in the depiction of nudity and sexual relations. A genre of popular film called filmfarsi constantly pushed against the boundaries.

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