Top Cast
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Leila Zare
Noora
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Shahab Hosseini
Husband
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Hassan Pourshirazi
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Behnam Tashakkor
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Sima Tirandaz
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Fariba Jedikar
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Roya Taymourian
Doctor
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Fereshteh Sadr Orafaee
Translator
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Omid Roohani
Overview
Story of a young lawyer in Tehran in search of a visa to leave the country, which is what Mohammad Rasoulof did during the winter of 2010/11.
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