2005    84 minDramat, Wojenny
6.76.5
A mother's courage, hardship, and love, in times of war. In 1988, during the Iran-Iraq war, Gilane escorts her pregnant daughter, Maygol, from the relative calm of their village, Espili, into war-torn Tehran to search for Maygol's husband, Rahman. The journey is arduous and what they find when they reach the capital is dismaying and frightening. Fifteen years later, as another war begins in Iraq, Gillane is at home caring for her son Ismael, who suffers from epilepsy, a byproduct of war. As she cares for him, she hopes for a visit from the doctor and from another daughter, Atefah. "Better be a dog than a mother," she says.
Directed by Rakhshan Banietemad, Mohsen Abdolvahab

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  • Madjid Bahrami
  • Shahrokh Foroutanian
  • Baran KosariMaygol
  • Fatemeh Motamed-AryaGilane
  • Bahram RadanIsmaeel
  • Zhaleh Sameti
  • Nayereh Farahani
  • Rakhshan BanietemadReżyseria / Screenplay
  • Mohsen AbdolvahabReżyseria / Screenplay
  • Farid MostafaviScreenplay
  • Jahangir KosariExecutive Producer
  • Saeed Sa'diProducer
  • Zhila MehrjuiProduction Design / Costume Design
  • Javad KhamisinejadProduction Design
  • Morteza PoursamadiDirector Of Photography
  • Mehrdad MirkianiMakeup Designer
  • Davoud YusefianEditor
  • Mohammadreza AligholiOriginal Music Composer
  • Amir-Hossein GhasemiSound
  • Mohammad Reza DelpakSound

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