Trailer+1 trailer
Summary
The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want fast pacing
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+9)
Critics 93Audiences 84GoodWatch 87
Tomatometer99%
Metascore87
User score8.8
Audience score84%
Letterboxd · 53 K ratings4.1/5
IMDb7.9
Running time
1 h 59 min
A typical length for dramas, +10 min on the typical 109
typical 109119Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 9 countries, rent or buy in 3 more
Released
2009
June 6, 2009
17 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Persian
Original language
Also spoken
GermanMade in
Iran
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 8 more27 people
- Taraneh AlidoostiElly
- Golshifteh FarahaniSepideh
- Shahab HosseiniAhmad
- Merila ZareiShohreh
- Mani HaghighiAmir
- Payman MaadiPeyman
- Rana AzadivarNaazi
- Ahmad MehranfarManoochehr
Saber AbarAlireza- MBMilad BagheriFardManouchehr's Brother
Sajjad DolatiMehran- MFMatin FatourechiArash
- AHAbolfazl HeidariHamed
- ENEhsan NazariMohamad
- MNMasoud NaziriAlireza
Mohamad Ramezani PourPilot- FPFarshid PourasgharFarshid
- AHAmir Hossein RezaeeArvin Sahandi
- ARAz RhmtiAli
- KRKian RostamiHamed
- SSSasan SaeediAli
- FSFardin SamadiSaber
- SSepehrchavoshiShahab
- PTParvaneh TanhaParvaneh
Directing · 3
- Asghar Farhadi Director, Screenplay, Writer, Producer, Production Design, Costume Design
- Hamid Reza Ghorbani First Assistant Director
- Ebrahimi Aref Second Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Azad Jafarian Story
Production · 2
- Simaye Mehr Producer
- Mahmoud Razavi Producer
Camera · 2
- Hossein Jafarian Director of Photography
- Ali Ghazi Second Assistant Camera
Editing · 1
- Hayedeh Safiyari Editor
Sound · 10
- Andrea Bauer Original Music Composer
- Nick Tonez Sound Designer
- Mohammad Reza Delpak Supervising Sound Editor
- Reza Narimizadeh Sound Editor
- Hassan Zahedi Sound Recordist
- Hassan Zahedi Sound
Art · 2
- Amir Saharkhiz Title Designer, Visual Effects
- Abtin Barghi Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Milad Ramezani Makeup Artist
- Mehrdad Mirkiani Makeup Artist
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