1979: Big Bang of the Present
Deng Xiaoping's economic and political opening in China. Margaret Thatcher's extreme economic measures in the United Kingdom. Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic Revolution in Iran. Pope John Paul II's visit to Poland. Saddam Hussein's rise to power in Iraq. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The nuclear accident at the Harrisburg power plant and the birth of ecological activism. The year 1979, the beginning of the future.
Top Billed Cast
Haideh Daragahi
Self - Literature Professor (1979)
Shahin Nawai
Self - Biologist (1979)
Chahla Chafiq
Self - Student (1979)
Chris Niedenthal
Self - Photojournalist (1979)
Leszek Balcerowicz
Self - Economist (1979)
Featured Crew
Dirk van den Berg
Director
Pascal Verroust
Director
Pascal Verroust
Writer
Delphine Thelliez
Sound Editor
Pascal Verroust
Producer
Frederik Walker
Camera Operator
Mathieu Descamps
Sound
Dirk van den Berg
Producer
Dirk van den Berg
Writer
Sven Klöpper
Camera Operator
David W. Lesch
Technical Advisor
Frédéric Vidal
Editor
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