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Khorshid, a blind child growing up in Tajikistan, is constantly distracted by music and sounds. This frequently causes him to be late to his job as an instrument tuner even though he runs the risk of being fired at a time when his family is in danger of being evicted from their house.
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- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 69GoodWatch 66
IMDb6.9
Running time
1 h 16 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −33 min on the typical 109
typical 10976Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 3 more
Released
1998
December 4, 1998
28 years ago
Genres
DramaMusicLanguage
Persian
Original language
Also spoken
TajikRussianMade in
Iran
France
Directing · 5
- Mohsen Makhmalbaf Director, Writer, Editor, Set Designer
- Hana Makhmalbaf Script Supervisor
- Marziyeh Meshkiny Assistant Director
- Samira Makhmalbaf Assistant Director
- Akbar Meshkini Assistant Director
Production · 2
- Mohamad Ahmadi Executive Producer
- Marin Karmitz Producer
Camera · 1
- Maysam Makhmalbaf Still Photographer
Sound · 2
- Behrooz Shahamat Sound Designer
- Behroz Shahamat Sound
Other crew · 1
- Ebrahim Ghafori Cinematography
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