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Beautiful City

Beautiful City

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Beautiful City

2004

1h 41m

7.7(68 votes)

Drama

Overview

Akbar, 18, has been held in a rehabilitation centre for committing murder at the age of sixteen. Now, Akbar is transferred to prison to await the day of his execution. A’la, a friend of Akbar, tries desperately to gain the consent of Akbar’s plaintiff so as to stop the execution.

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6 featured cast members

Starring

Taraneh Alidoosti

Taraneh Alidoosti

Firoozeh

Babak Ansari

Babak Ansari

A'la

Faramarz Gharibian

Faramarz Gharibian

Abolqasem Rahmati

Ahoo Kheradmand

Ahoo Kheradmand

Abolqasem's Wife

Hossein Farzi-Zadeh

Hossein Farzi-Zadeh

Akbar

Farhad Ghaemian

Farhad Ghaemian

Creative team

Directed by: Asghar Farhadi
Written by: Asghar Farhadi
Produced by: Iraj Taghipoor

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