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Hayat

2005-11-17 · 75 min · ★ 9.5

Drama

For weeks, 12-year-old Hayat (a word that means ‘life’) has been cramming for her final exam. Then the night before, her father falls ill and is rushed to hospital. Hayat is left alone to look after her infant sister. Help is at hand, but Hayat is not one to forego her responsibilities. Somehow the need to appear for her exam and look after her baby sister have to be reconciled.

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Directors
Gholam Reza Ramezani
Production companies
Ashtianfilm Production
Countries
Iran
Status
Released

Top Cast

Mohammad Sa'eed BabakhanloNabat
Mehrdad HassaniAkbar
Ghazaleh ParsafarGhazaleh
Gholamreza Ramezani

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