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2014 Β· 113m Β· Drama
Sahar is a teacher at an institute dedicated to house and teach mentally disabled children. Her husband, Ehsan, a police officer, is not happy about her job. Sahar asks Ehsan to help her by giving Davoud, a boy with Down Syndrome, a temporary police role. All goes well until when Ehsan decides to...
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