Salaam Cinema
★ 6.8 · 1995 · 75m · Documentary · Drama · Comedy
Makhmalbaf puts an advertisement in the papers calling for an open casting for his next movie. However when hundreds of people show up, he decides to make a movie about the casting and the screen tests of the would-be actors.
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