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UK selects Iranian horror movie as Oscar entry

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Updated: 19/10/2016 - 13:25 GMT+2

Set in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq war, horror movie ‘Under the Shadow’ is the feature debut of Iranian director Babak Anvari.

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