Between Dreams and Hope

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Between Dreams and Hope

2025

1h 46m

8.5(2 votes)

Drama

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A trans man and his partner travel to a remote Iranian village to face his estranged father and obtain documents that would permit them to live authentically, in visionary director Farnoosh Samadi’s bold queer love story.

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7 members

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Fereshteh Hosseini

Azad

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Sadaf Asgari

Nora

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Hooman Rahnemoon

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Amirreza Ranjbaran

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Reza Amouzad

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Kiarash Rezaei

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Amir Reza Jokar

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