Maybe Some Other Time

Maybe Some Other Time

1988•2h 39m•5.2/10

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5.2/10(6)

Famed actress Susan Taslimi plays three roles here: Kian, who doubts her identity; Vida, the twin sister, a self-assured artist; and their mother, who gives up one child out of fear of poverty, then deprives the other of affection because she deeply regrets the child whom she has abandoned.

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Production

Novin Film

Language

FA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Susan Taslimi

Susan Taslimi

Siamak Atlasi

Siamak Atlasi

Dariush Farhang

Dariush Farhang

Simin Ansari

Ghodrat Latifi

Jamshid Layegh

Hossein Mahjoub

Hossein Mahjoub

Ali-Reza Modjallal

Sirous Nasiri

Abdolreza Radmanesh

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