Sohrab Shahid-Saless, who was a director of the new wave of cinema

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In contrast, Still Life (1974) explores the monotony in the life of an old railway switchman – a film that won many prizes, including one at the 1974 Berlinale. In 1975 Sohrab directed Far from Home (1975).In 1976 on moving to Germany Sohrab released Diary of a Lover (1976), Coming of Age (1976), and Utopia (1983). Utopia is a 186-minute film regarded by critics as a “hard ghetto film” and is the tale of a pimp and his five girls. The film was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival.

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