Casting Couch Iranian Style: A Creepy Director Lures Young Women Into His Web of Deceit and Coercion in ‘1001 Frames’

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“1001 Frames,” which screened at Thessaloniki Film Festival this week, is composed of a series of creepy scenes from auditions conducted in Tehran, Iran. But it could be any city. During the auditions, wannabe actors are asked to improvise scenes including being a cat, being trapped in a room, and being propositioned by a famous director. In fact, the last one is for real as the aspiring thespians eventually discover. It is at that point that the film contorts itself into a horror movie. In the