Taher

Taher

Taher

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Taher

1973

1h 38m

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Romance

Overview

The architect entrusts his daughter, Lida, and his son, Taher, to an engineer before his death. The engineer goes to Ahvaz and takes Lida with him to raise her alongside his son Shahram - and the neighbors raise Taher among them. Years later, Shahram rapes Lida, and the the engineer, suspecting that Lida is a promiscuous woman, kicks her out of his house.

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8 featured cast members

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Lida Daneshvar

Lida Daneshvar

Lida

Nematollah Gorji

Nematollah Gorji

The Architect

Shaparak

Lida (in childhood)

Abdollah Boutimar

Abdollah Boutimar

The Engineer

Simin Alizadeh

Simin Alizadeh

The Dancer

Manoochehr Vossoogh

Manoochehr Vossoogh

Taher

Morteza Aghili

Morteza Aghili

Ahmad

Shahram

Taher (in childhood)

Creative team

Directed by: Ghodratollah Bozorgi
Written by: Karim Neshat
Esmaeil Khosravi

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