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Iran. Tehran.

Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami on the hills surrounding the captital, where his film "Taste of Cherry", which was co-awarded the Golden Palm in Cannes 1997, was shot.

"My photography is a reflection, which comes to life in action and leads to meditation. Spontaneity - the suspended moment - intervenes during action, in the viewfinder." Abbas