Summary
After twelve years of imprisonment by their own parents, two Iranian sisters are finally released by social workers to face the outside world for the first time.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+7)
Critics 85Audiences 78GoodWatch 79
Tomatometer85%
Audience score83%
IMDb7.2
Running time
1 h 22 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −27 min on the typical 109
typical 10982Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 91 countries
+81Released
1998
May 27, 1998
28 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Persian
Original language
Made in
Iran
France
Netherlands
Directing · 4
- Samira Makhmalbaf Director, Writer
- Hana Makhmalbaf Assistant Director
- Marziyeh Meshkiny Assistant Director
- Akbar Meshkini Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Mohsen Makhmalbaf Writer, Editor
Production · 4
- Iraj Sarbaz Executive Producer
- Marin Karmitz Producer
- Véronique Cayla Producer
- Susan Jacobs Publicist
Camera · 5
- Mohamad Ahmadi Director of Photography
- Ebrahim Ghafori Director of Photography
- Maysam Makhmalbaf Still Photographer
- Hossein Amiri Camera Operator
- Reza Sheykhi Camera Operator
Editing · 2
- Jahangir Rajabi-Khah Negative Cutter
- Moosa Makvandi Negative Cutter
Sound · 1
- Behrooz Shahamat Sound
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