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Summary
After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+11)
Critics 83Audiences 72GoodWatch 76
Tomatometer89%
Metascore76
Audience score75%
User score7.2
Letterboxd · 3 K ratings3.5/5
IMDb6.8
Running time
1 h 25 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −24 min on the typical 109
typical 10985Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries
Released
2001
May 11, 2001
25 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
PashtoPersianPolishMade in
Iran
France
Directing · 3
- Mohsen Makhmalbaf Director, Author, Producer
- Mojtaba Mirtahasebi Assistant Director
- Kaveh Moinfar Assistant Director
Production · 2
- Abbas Sagharisaz Producer
- Siamak Alagheband Production Manager
Camera · 4
- Hashem Gerami Director of Photography
- Ebrahim Ghafori Director of Photography
- Hossein Amiri Director of Photography
- M. R. Sharifiniya Still Photographer
Editing · 1
- Mastane Mohajer Editor
Sound · 3
- Mohammad Reza Darvishi Music
- Behroz Shahamat Sound Designer
- Faroukh Fadace Sound Designer
Art · 1
- Akbar Meshkini Set Designer
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