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film directed by

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and presented by

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. Starring

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, Caner Cindoruk, and Arash Labaf. The movie includes poems read and written by Bayan Nassir. The film is based on Iranian Kurdish poet and author Sedigh Kamangar, who spent 27 years imprisoned in Iran while his family was told that he was dead. For many years Sadegh's family cried over a fake grave staged by the Iranian government.

Plot

Cast

as Sahel *

as Mina * Yilmaz Erdogan as Akbar Rezai * Arash Labaf as Son *

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as Daughter * Caner Cindoruk as Young Sahel * Belçim Bilgin as Female Pimp

Production

Reception

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, the film has a weighted average score of 66 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". John DeFoe of ''

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'' wrote, "Haunting feature that crafts fiction from the inspiration of real-life Kurdish-Iranian poet Sadegh Kamangar. Co-star Monica Bellucci may attract much of the attention Stateside, but the film's ravishing aesthetic and multiple points of political interest will make it fascinating to many cineastes".

Awards and nominations

References

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* * * 2012 films Films directed by Bahman Ghobadi 2010s Persian-language films Iraqi documentary films 2010s Turkish-language films Iranian multilingual films Iranian documentary films 2012 multilingual films Turkish multilingual films Iranian Revolution films Films about rhinoceroses Films shot in Turkey Docufiction films {{Iran-film-stub