# Ali Akbar Sadeghi - The Rook (1974)

Synopsis The Rook is a reference to Persian painting and miniature. The chess board act as witness to a game in progress. The players move their pieces until two kings remain and the game back to continue from the beginning which represent ongoing metaphor of political power games.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1974
- Runtime: 10 min
- By: Ali Akbar Sadeghi
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ali_Akbar_Sadeghi_-_The_Rook_(1974).webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Ali Akbar Sadeghi
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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