The Apple

The Apple

The Apple

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The Apple

1998

1h 22m

6.3(56 votes)

Drama

Overview

After twelve years of imprisonment by their own parents, two Iranian sisters are finally released by social workers to face the outside world for the first time.

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Production Companies

MK2 Films

Makhmalbaf Film House Productions

Hubert Bals Fund

Cast & Crew

5 members

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Massoumeh Naderi

Massoumeh

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Zahra Naderi

Zahra

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Ghorban Ali Naderi

Father

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Azizeh Mohamadi

Azizeh

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Zahra Saghrisaz

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