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IRAN · 1997

Birth of Light

Abbas Kiarostami
Iranian New Wave sunrise time-lapse photography Iranian landscape natural light dawn
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Synopsis

One shot, taken using a time-lapse technique, of a sunrise in an Iranian mountain landscape. A thin band of light shines across a starry sky, the sun comes up, the dawn light glows.

Year1997
CountryIran
DirectorAbbas Kiarostami
MovementIranian New Wave
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