![]() ![]() We made this film with the view of bringing unity the Muslim world.” Many relay their messages to the world through cinema and pictures.” Earlier in the year, he told a press conference: “We chose a period of his life about which there is no difference between different Shia and Sunni scholars and groups. Majidi defended his film by saying: “How should we introduce our prophet?. Majidi has been working on Muhammad, Messenger of God – the first part of a projected trilogy – since 2007, reportedly spending some $30m, and has employed big-name non-Muslims to work behind the camera, including cinematographer Vittorio Storaro and costume designer Michael O’Connor. ![]() In 2006, Majidi boycotted a Danish film festival during the ongoing row over cartoons of Muhammad, writing: “I believe in God and live with my beliefs in every single moment of my life.” Majidi, the director of internationally acclaimed films Children of Heaven (which was nominated for best foreign language Oscar in 1998) and T he Colour of Paradise, is seen as a pro-establishment figure of committed religious beliefs. Majid Majidi, director of Muhammad, Messenger of God.
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