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Tears and Laughters
Tears and Laughters
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Tears and Laughters

Original Title: اشک‌ها و خنده‌ها

1964
1h 38m

Status

Released

Release

1964

Runtime

1h 38m

Storyline

A Lost Persian Film. Javad Shadi, who is in charge of a joy caravan, murders his wife Setareh because of her secret lifestyle and association with a vagrant and is sentenced to life imprisonment. He gives his daughter Roya to a traveling singer named Gholam Hossein. Javad is released after fifteen years and returns to his hometown of Rudbar. Gholam Hossein, who entrusts Roya to a wealthy family a year after Javad's imprisonment, gives Javad the address of Amir Afzal. Javad goes to Amir Afzal and his wife and agrees to give up his paternal rights in exchange for his daughter's happiness. Javad finds out that Jamshid Mehrdad, Roya's fiancé, is an unemployed young man with a wife and two children. Javad arranges for Roya to marry Kamran, Roya's music teacher; But Roya hurts Javad due to a misunderstanding, and Javad continues his life in anonymity. Kamran tells Roya the truth of the incident, and the two find Javad and bring him back home.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 38m
Jun 17, 1964
Languages
Persian
Director
Esmail Koushan
Esmail Koushan
Production Countries
Iran

Top Cast

10 Cast Members

Pooran

Pooran

Setareh

Javad Taghadosi

Javad Taghadosi

Javad Shadi

Mohammad Ali Jafari

Kamran

Jamshid Mehrdad

Jamshid Mehrdad

Hossein Amirfazli

Amir Afzal

Hamide Kheyrabadi

Hamide Kheyrabadi

Abbas Montajem Shirazi

Gholam-Reza Sarkoob

Gholam-Reza Sarkoob

Gholamhossein Bahmanyar

Gholamhossein Bahmanyar

Simin

Simin

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