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Modest Reception
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Modest Reception

Jan 2, 2013
1h 40m
★ 6.4

Overview

An Iranian couple from the city drive around a remote mountainous region. They hand out bags of money to poor villagers in return for them carrying out unusual requests the couple make of them.

Genres

Drama
Comedy

Production Companies

Hubert Bals Fund

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Cast

Mani Haghighi

Kaveh

Mani Haghighi

Taraneh Alidoosti

Leyla

Taraneh Alidoosti

Saber Abar

Saber Abar

Saeed Changizian

Saeed Changizian

Esmaeil Khalaj

Esmaeil Khalaj

Mohammad Aghebati

Mohammad Aghebati

Danial Fathi

Danial Fathi

Himan Dehgani

Himan Dehgani

Naqi Seif-Jamali

Naqi Seif-Jamali

Nader Fallah

Nader Fallah

Vahid Aghapoor

Vahid Aghapoor

Ghorban Najafi

Ghorban Najafi