

Parvaneh
2012-11-01 · 25 min · ★ 6.7
Parvaneh is a young Afghan immigrant who recently arrived at a transit centre for asylum seekers in the Swiss Alps. The only things she has got to know yet are the rural area surrounding the centre and the centre itself.
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- Directors
- Talkhon Hamzavi
- Production companies
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- Countries
- Switzerland
- Status
- Released
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Nissa KashaniParvaneh
Cheryl GrafEmely
Brigitte BeyelerEmely's Mother
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