'So Simple' wins twice in Moscow

June 29, 2008 The film, which collected awards for best film from the festival and the Russian Film Critics' Guild, details the tribulations of a middle-class Iranian woman. "[...] Simple" won best film, screenplay and actress awards in February at the 26th Fajr International Film Festival, Iran's principal film forum. At the awards ceremony, main competition jury head Liv Ullman highlighted the political undertones of the decision by taking Ghaziani's hand onstage and remarking about how two women from different cultures, "one covered and one uncovered," are standing together, and this is "as it should be."

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