The Scent of Joseph's Shirt

Jan 1, 1995

1h 40m

★ 5.2

Overview

َA father, Daei Ghafur, does not accept his son's death during 1980-1988 conflict between Iran and Iraq, and believes he is alive despite all evidence indicating otherwise. One day he meets a young lady, Shirin, at the airport who has travelled from Europe to Iran looking for his brother, Khosrow, a missing soldier at war. Both start searching their loved ones...

Genres

Drama

War

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Cast

Shirin

Niki Karimi

Daei Ghafur

Ali Nasirian

Asghar

Jafar Dehghan

Nasrin

Shirin Bina

Amir

Qasem Zare

Mosafer

Ebrahim Hatamikia

Azizollah Honaramouz

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