This screening of Coup 53 is presented by the Phoenix Film Festival as part of the Summer Series.
COUP 53
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25 at 7:00 PM
Location: Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre
7000 E. Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054
Tickets: $15
Phoenix Film Society: $10
Join us for a special presentation of Coup 53, an exciting documentary starring Ralph Fiennes!
Directed by: Taghi Amirani
Starring: Ralph Fiennes
Synopsis: In this documentary-meets-detective-story, there is a reckoning with one of the most striking foreign interventions. In 1953, a military coup led by British MI6 and backed by the CIA overthrew Iran’s democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh. His crime: nationalizing the country’s oil. The truth behind that original regime change for oil was buried for decades. Iranian director Taghi Amirani, a Queen’s Park resident, spent 10 years uncovering what really happened. With the handiwork of editor Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now, The Conversation, The English Patient) and a gripping performance by Ralph Fiennes, the film unfolds like a John le Carré spy thriller — except every word is true. Coup 53 feels less like history and more like a warning: it exposes the roots of today’s war with rare clarity and urgency.
“Has the air of something that grew from an impudent home movie into a magnum opus”
“This powerful and authoritative documentary by the Iranian filmmaker Taghi Amirani is as gripping as any thriller”
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