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Status
Released
Release
2018
Runtime
1h 40m
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Filmmaker Jafar Panahi and actor Behnaz Jafari travel to a tiny village after receiving a plea for help from a girl whose family has forbidden her from studying acting. Amusing encounters abound, but they soon discover that the local hospitality is rivaled by the desire to protect old traditions.
17 Cast Members
Behnaz Jafari
Behnaz Jafari
Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi
Marziyeh Rezaei
Marziyeh
Maedeh Erteghaei
Maedeh
Narges Del Aram
Marziyeh's Mother
Fatemeh Ismaeilmejad
Old woman in the grave
Yadollah Dadashnejad
Yadollah
Ahmad Naderi
Karbalaei
Hassah Mihammadi
The old man in the road
Mahdi Panahi
Marziyeh's brother
Ashgar Aslani
The cow owner
Elham Hagh Ravan
(voice)
Mohammad Ramezani
(voice)
Romina Nik Andish
(voice)
Mohammad Ali Monajati
(voice)
Aishwarya Arora
Pejvak Imani
Sorkhpost (uncredited)
