Secret Ballot

Secret Ballot

2001•1h 45m•5.9/10

Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.9/10(15)

A female election agent and a gun-toting soldier try to collect votes among the local islanders with mixed success.

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Production

Hubert Bals Fund, Payam Films, Fabrica, Sharmshir, Fondazione MonteCinemaVerità Locarno, RAI

Language

FA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Nassim Abdi

girl

Cyrus Abidi

Soldier

Youssef Habashi

Farrokh Shoja

Gholbahar Janghali

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