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Pay Back

Feb 2, 2010
1h 30m
★ 4.0

Overview

Ziba and three of her prison cohorts, recently released from a Tehran prison, settle in an out of town doctor's house posing as house sitters and embark on a get rich quick scheme. They plan to mug the lecherous men who give a ride to ladies waiting at street sides for a pickup, which was- and is, to some extent, now- how some prostitutes found work back in the time in Iran. The film portrays the characters as well as the social origins of these men, and as it progresses, explores the backgrounds of these women.

Genres

Comedy
Crime
Drama

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Cast

Mahnaz Afshar

Mahnaz Afshar

Ladan Mostoufi

Ladan Mostoufi

Bahareh Afshari

Bahareh Afshari

Elsa Firuz Azar

Elsa Firuz Azar

Akbar Abdi

Akbar Abdi

Reza Attaran

Reza Attaran

Hamed Behdad

Hamed Behdad

Ahmad Mehranfar

Ahmad Mehranfar

Maziar Lorestani

Maziar Lorestani

Mehdi Faghih

Mehdi Faghih

Mohammadreza Sharifinia

Mohammadreza Sharifinia

Reza Hajilari

Reza Hajilari

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