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Nasser Taghvai, Emblematic Figure of Iranian Cinema, Turned Off at 84
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Master of Iran’s New Wave Cinema, Nasser Taghvai, Dies at 84
His work made the margins central—oil towns, workers, and those crushed by the 1953 coup—turning southern geography and post-coup disillusion into lucid, literary, defiant form. Nasser Taghvai, the celebrated filmmaker, writer, and photographer—one of the most influential pioneers of Iran’s New Wave cinema—has died at the age of 84. Born in Abadan, in southern Iran, in 1941, Taghvai’s name is inseparable from enduring works such as the televisio…
Iranian director Nasser Taghvai died on October 14, 2025 at the age of 84. A pioneer of the Iranian New Wave, he dedicated his career to portraying the popular circles of southern Iran and the tensions between tradition and modernity, imposing a cinema that is both poetic, melancholy and deeply humanistic. Read more: Nasser Taghvai, emblematic figure of Iranian cinema, turned out at 84 years old Born on July 13, 1941 in Abadan, southwestern Iran…
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