Walnut Tree

Feb 1, 2020

1h 40m

★ 7.0

Overview

Qader, a bricklayer from Sardasht in Kurdistan Iran whose wife is pregnant with her 4th child, suddenly found himself amid a war crime perpetrated by the Saddam regime. On June 28th, 1987 Iraqi air fighters dropped mustard gas bombs on the city...

Genres

Drama

History

War

Crime

Production Companies

Iran Air

Walnut Tree Trailers

Cast

Qader

Payman Maadi

Homa

Mina Sadati

Doctor Ahmad

Mehran Modiri

Maryam

Minoo Sharifi

Zhina Zahedi

Moslem

Amir Arsalan Alebouyeh

Mahdi

Sasan Saeedi

Mohsen

Masoud Naziri

Ashkan

Amir Bay

Nazila Amini

Shadi Amiri

Heydar Fathi

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