The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.
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Golshifteh Farahani
Sepideh
Shahab Hosseini
Ahmad
Payman Maadi
Peyman
Merila Zarei
Shohreh
Ahmad Mehranfar
Manoochehr
Mani Haghighi
Amir
Rana Azadivar
Naazi
Taraneh Alidoosti
Elly
Saber Abar
Alireza
Milad BagheriFard
Manouchehr's Brother
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