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Life and a Day
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Life and a Day

2016-03-16 · 112 min · ★ 7.9

Drama

Somaieh, the youngest daughter of an indigent family, is getting married and fear is overwhelming each and every member of the family regarding how to overcome their difficulties after she's gone.

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Directors
Saeed Roustaee
Production companies
Filmiran
Countries
Iran
Status
Released

Top Cast

Payman MaadiPayman MaadiMorteza
Parinaz IzadyarParinaz IzadyarSomayeh
Navid MohammadzadehNavid MohammadzadehMohsen
Shabnam MoghadamiShabnam MoghadamiAzam
Rima RaminfarRima RaminfarShahnaz
Mahdi GorbaniNavid
Masoumeh RahmaniLeila
Shirin YazdanbakhshShirin YazdanbakhshMother

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