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A Special Day

2017 · 90 min

A quiet, heavy domestic drama that presses down on you as a family waits and worries, with little relief.

Directed by: Homayoun Assadian
Genres: Drama
Starring: Farhad Aslani, Mostafa Zamani, Parinaz Izadyar

Overview: Hamed's sister must have a hearth surgery

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Directed by: Homayoun Assadian
Genres: Drama
Starring: Farhad Aslani, Mostafa Zamani, Parinaz Izadyar

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
grief
survival
love
class
Places: big city
hospital
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Homayoun Assadian
Starring: Farhad Aslani, Mostafa Zamani, Parinaz Izadyar, Shirin Yazdanbakhsh, Majid Jafari, Mehdi Hosseininia
Runtime: 90 min
Country: Iran
Languages: Persian

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