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Rehearsals for a Revolution

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Through five portraits of relatives and mentors, five expressions of resistance, Pegah Ahangarani sketches her life story. Drawing from personal archives, home videos, street protests footage, newspapers, and recorded voices, she retraces more than 40 years of Iran's history. From the early days of 1979, until the war that began in 2026, she pieces together intimate and collective memories, forming the portrait of a country shaped by political repression and in constant hope for a revolution.

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Cortlyn Kelly RogerEbert.com Sep 9, 2026
It’s an affirmation that collectivism and activism can, and must, prevail. Go to Full Review Rory Doherty Sight & Sound Jun 8, 2026
Ahangarani's film is both confessional and granular, finding thoughtful ways to mirror her family's collective experience of political optimism and disillusionment. It's gripping and revelatory. Go to Full Review Tomas Trussow The Lonely Film Critic 1 day ago
4/5
Rehearsals for a Revolution is a poignant excavation of Ahangarani’s personal archive, defined as much by what she manages to recover as by the absences that cruelly circumscribe what remains. Go to Full Review Tom O'Brien Next Best Picture 3 days ago
8/10
Director Pegah Ahangarani uses footage and artifacts from her life to deftly weave her family's story into the larger picture of the political upheaval in Iran across the past four decades. Go to Full Review Jorge G. Tenreiro Awards Watch Oct 5, 2026
A-
...a haunting documentary essay about the terrible cost of resistance but of the absolute necessity to keep courage, to keep rehearsing for a revolution that may yet come. Go to Full Review Rendy Jones Rendy Reviews Sep 19, 2026
4/5
A powerful, potent memoir that illustrates how true radicalism forms and continues generationally. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Pegah Ahangarani

Director

Pegah Ahangarani

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Ehsan Abdipur

Writer

Pegah Ahangarani

Writer

Pegah Ahangarani

Screenwriter

Ehsan Abdipur

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Movie Info

Synopsis Through five portraits of relatives and mentors, five expressions of resistance, Pegah Ahangarani sketches her life story. Drawing from personal archives, home videos, street protests footage, newspapers, and recorded voices, she retraces more than 40 years of Iran's history. From the early days of 1979, until the war that began in 2026, she pieces together intimate and collective memories, forming the portrait of a country shaped by political repression and in constant hope for a revolution.
Director
Pegah Ahangarani
Producer
Kaveh Farnam, Adria Mones
Screenwriter
Ehsan Abdipur, Pegah Ahangarani, Pegah Ahangarani, Ehsan Abdipur, Amir Ahmadi Arian, Arash Ashtiani, Majed Neisi
Production Co
Media Nest, Fasten Films
Genre
Documentary, History
Original Language
Persian
Runtime
1h 35m
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