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Completed - FARSI - Children's, Family - 83 minutes

Log Line

When father is away in hospital, his daughter is praying and his son is risking his life searching for the black pearl...

Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2013 (Premiere)
  • Cannes 2013 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2012

Director(s) : Sirous HASSANPOUR
Writer(s) : Sirous HASSANPOUR, Mohammad MORADPOUR
Cast : Sirous KAHOURI NEZHAD, Alireza OSIVAND, Mehdi FAGHIH, Parivash NAZARIYEH, Salimeh RANGZAN, Mir Taher MAZLOUMI, Hossein KABABI, Fatemeh ZAKERI

Producer(s) : Javad NOROUZBEIGI (Farabi Cinema Foundation)

Synopsis

Karim is a pearl hunter in one of the southern towns in Iran, but he can’t go on due to his heart disease. Following his doctor’s advice, he goes to a big city and finds out that there is no way but surgery. His son, twelve-year-old Maher insists on going to the sea for pearl hunting despite his granddad’s disapproval. Worried for the dad and confronted with money problems, Maher and his little sister, Mahrokh, should grow up sooner than expected…

Production

Country(ies) : IRAN

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