Fifi Howls from Happiness

Fifi Howls from Happiness

96 mins | Documentary | Oct. 2, 2013

Bahman Mohassess was a celebrated artist at the time of the Shah. Trained in Italy, he created sculptures and paintings in his homeland. But audiences often took offence at the pronounced phalli on his mostly naked bronze figures and his work was regularly censored. All traces of him were lost after the revolution. It was said he destroyed his remaining paintings and disappeared.

Fifi Howls from Happiness

96 mins | Documentary | Oct. 2, 2013

Fifi Howls from Happiness
Bahman Mohassess was a celebrated artist at the time of the Shah. Trained in Italy, he created sculptures and paintings in his homeland. But audiences often took offence at the pronounced phalli on his mostly naked bronze figures and his work was regularly censored. All traces of him were lost after the revolution. It was said he destroyed his remaining paintings and disappeared.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Butimar Productions
Original title فی‌فی از خوشحالی زوزه می‌کشد
Directors Mitra Farahani
Writers Mitra Farahani

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