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Jalbab

2014 · 103 min

A quiet, serious social drama that follows two classmates whose different upbringings pull them in different directions, asking patience and empathy.

Directed by: Majid Kashiforoshan
Genres: Drama, Family
Starring: Saeed Yardosti, Hasan Joveireh, Elham Tahmouri

Overview: Two female students and classmates Somayeh and Mitra, Mitra is not very constrained; She does not have a father and lives with her mother, who does not pay much attention to her lifestyle.

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Directed by: Majid Kashiforoshan
Genres: Drama, Family
Starring: Saeed Yardosti, Hasan Joveireh, Elham Tahmouri

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
identity
coming-of-age
isolation
class
Places: big city
school
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, family
Directed by: Majid Kashiforoshan
Written by: Sasan Habibi
Starring: Saeed Yardosti, Hasan Joveireh, Elham Tahmouri, Radnoosh Moghadam, Masoud Sadeghi, Amin Zare, Shamila Tabesh, Zahra Fadaee
Cinematography: Yaser Zamani
Runtime: 103 min
Country: Iran
Languages: Persian

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