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Made by a UCLA grad who returned home to film The Cow in 1969, Leila returns the filmmaker to global cinemas. The film is a sad but beautiful observation of a deeply committed marriage torn asunder by the wife’s inability to have children, and the ramifications this has in Iranian society.
This article appears in April 30 • 2004.
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