When a young girl's mother doesn't meet her after school, she tries to navigate the streets of Tehran by herself.
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The people behind it
Mina Mohammad Khani
Little Girl / Mina
Kazem Mojdehi
Actor
Naser Omuni
Ranande
M. Shirzad
Pirezan
T. Samadpour
Farash
First five minutes of the film show a weird fellow who is playing marbles with kids and seems to be just biding his time. Film after the titles continues to follow his adventures as his love story unfolds. A love story between him and a doll in a window shop.
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