

Iran Is My Land
1999-01-02 · 90 min · ★ 7.7
Sohrab, a provincial young writer, is lost in the desert on the way to Tehran to get a publication license for his book on old Persian poetry, but the trip involves some bizarre events.
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- Parviz Kimiavi
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- Iran
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- Released
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Saeed PoursamimiKarmand
Parviz ShahinkhouHafez / Old man 2
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