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Tehroun

Tehroun

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Tehroun

2010

1h 35m

4.2(6 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

Ebrahim leaves his family and tries out his luck in Teheran. But in this urban jungle where everything's for sale and anything can be bought, dreams rapidly become nightmares. Caught up, in spite of himself, in a trafficking ring, will Ebrahim find an opportunity of escaping?

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Avenue B Productions

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Cast & crew

9 featured cast members

Starring

Ali Ebdali

Ali Ebdali

Ebrahim

Sara Bahrami

Sara Bahrami

Zahra

Misagh Zare

Misagh Zare

Madjid

Farzin Mohades

Farzin Mohades

Fatah

Rojina Sekhavat

Alireza Bagheri

Pejman Bazeghi

Pejman Bazeghi

Atila Pesyani

Atila Pesyani

Shahrzad Kamalzadeh

Shahrzad Kamalzadeh

Creative team

Directed by: Nader T. Homayoun
Written by: Mehdi Boostani
Jean-Philippe Gaud

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