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Badi, The Wonderful

Kazim Khan-i-Turk is an executioner in the court of the Persian king. He has been given the loathesome task of interrogating and executing a 16-year-old boy named Badi. The boys' only crime is that he has become intoxicated by love for a faith other than Islam. For Kazim, finding the truth means he must call into question every value that has governed his life, and risk all that he holds dear for a prisoner he comes to admire and love.
period drama, screenplay
 
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Badi.pdf
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The Virgin

A young man struggles with the liability of his own virtue in a romantic comedy about the death and rebirth of love. Simon tries to make peace with the ghosts of the past while he looks for something pure in a cynical world.
romantic comedy, screenplay
 
TheVirgin.pdf
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Mona's Dream

Mona's Dream is the true story of a woman who may, in times to come, become recognized as one of the world's foremost heroines in the cause of justice and equality. For a period of fourteen Months, during the height of the chaos of the Iranian Revolution, Mona, a mere teenager, was held prisoner and interrogated by the highest religious authorities, her father executed, her spiritual sisters tortured and killed. All the while, Mona was guided by mystical dreams that showed her the certainty not only of her eventual execution, but also the ultimate triumph of all that she stood for.
period drama, screenplay
 
MonasDream.html
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