The Weight of Words is perhaps more than the introduction of the scientific and cultural personality of Abolhasan Najafi, which was enough well-known to everyone, but the story of the discovery of fatherhood. The fact that he was away for about thirty years of close contact with his son, and now his son wants to get to know him bit by bit.
Abolhassan Najafi
Self
Chebli Najafi
himself (voice)
Abbas Milani
Himself
Bahman Farmanara
himself
Omid Tabibzadeh
Himself
Farzaneh Taheri
Herself
The Weight of Words is perhaps more than the introduction of the scientific and cultural personality of Abolhasan Najafi, which was enough well-known to everyone, but the story of the discovery of fatherhood. The fact that he was away for about thirty years of close contact with his son, and now his son wants to get to know him bit by bit.
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