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Documentary director Mohammad Rosoulof makes an impressive feature debut with this simple but powerful true story of prison life in Iran, featuring real-life prisoners playing themselves. A prison warden decides that in order to rehabilitate a repeat offender, he should allow him to marry a female p...

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Other Authors: Bijan, Fatemeh (Actor), Bijan, Zolikha (Actor), Mahdaviyan, Ali-Reza (Actor), Noorollahi, Houshang (Producer), Rosoulof, Mohammad (Director, Producer), Shalikaran, Ali-Reza (Actor)
Format: eBook
Language:Persian
Language Notes:This edition in Farsi, western (Persian) with English subtitles.
Published: Honolulu, HI : Asia Pacific Films, 2002.
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Documentary director Mohammad Rosoulof makes an impressive feature debut with this simple but powerful true story of prison life in Iran, featuring real-life prisoners playing themselves. A prison warden decides that in order to rehabilitate a repeat offender, he should allow him to marry a female prisoner. The new bride and groom are allowed to be together one day a week and eventually have a child. When they are finally freed, they see a chance to have a normal life together, not expecting the cruel society that awaits them.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Oct. 2, 2013).
Physical Description:1 online resource (80 min.)
Playing Time:01:20:11
Awards:Won 2003 Farj Film Festival, Crystal Simorgh, Best First Film