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A Simple Event

A Simple Event

1973•1h 20m•6.0/10
Drama

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6.0/10(14)

The story of a ten years old Iranian schoolboy living with his mother and his father in Northern coasts of Iran. The boy helps his father in selling the latter's illegal fishing and helps his mother in shopping for her and bringing home water from a well. The three characters live together in only one room. Their life is austere. The boy eats only bread and milk every day... One day the boy's mother dies.

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Production

Central Film Office of the Iranian Ministry of Culture

Language

FA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Hibibollah Safarian

Mohammed Zamani

Ane Mohammad Tarikhi

Hedayatollah Navid

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