Top Cast
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Parviz Parastouei
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Soheila Golestani
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Roozbeh Hesari
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Ashkan Jenabi
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Hesam Mahmoudi
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Shabnam Moghadami
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Ava Sharifi
Overview
A Tehran taxi driver becomes the impromptu protector of a desperate young pregnant woman after he rushes her to hospital, in this delicate, deceptively small-scale drama from award-winning Iranian director Reza Mirkarimi.
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