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Partovi dies of coronavirus

By AFP
November 25, 2020

TEHRAN: Movie director Kambuzia Partovi, who scripted the only Iranian film to win a Golden Lion in Venice, died on Tuesday of the novel coronavirus, the Islamic republic’s film body said. Partovi, one of the "most influential filmmakers of Iranian children’s cinema", died in Tehran’s Dey hospital aged 64, the Farabi Foundation said in a message of condolence on its website.