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The cancer period

120 min

A quiet, heavy domestic ordeal that sits with you, wringing slow sadness from illness and money worries.

Genres
Drama, Family
Starring
Payam Dehkordi, Marzieh Vafamehr, farshin tahmaseb
Tagline
The cancer period
Overview
A renowned author is suffering from leukemia. His wife tries to make money for his treatment expenses, but it is difficult and very high treatment costs.

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Genres
Drama, Family
Starring
Payam Dehkordi, Marzieh Vafamehr, farshin tahmaseb
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • survival
  • love
  • class
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, family
Starring
Payam Dehkordi, Marzieh Vafamehr, farshin tahmaseb, Mohammad Akbari, Mohammad Karhemmat, Neda Maghsoodi, Peyman Moghaddami, Behdokht Valian
Cinematography
Majid Gorjian
Runtime
120 min
Languages
Persian

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