Everything About a Mutual Acquaintance

Everything About a Mutual Acquaintance

Everything About a Mutual Acquaintance

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Everything About a Mutual Acquaintance

2023

0h 37m

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Drama

Overview

Javad, on a remote road having missed the last bus, happens to meet Gholamhossein, a man who was a close friend of his father. Gholamhossein tells him things about his father that he never knew.

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Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln

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Farid Ghobadi

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Farid Ghobadi

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Sina Abolhasan

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