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Overview

When his business partner is hurt in a car accident, happily married Mahmoud (Fariborz Arabnia) must travel to Tehran, where he falls for the beautiful Sima (Hedye Tehrani). The two agree to a "temporary marriage," but problems arise when Sima doesn't want the arrangement to end. Sima's reluctance to play her expected role in this common Islamic practice soon turns to obsession in this smash hit from Iran.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 12, 2000

Original language

Persian

Spoken languages

Persian

Countries

Iran

Cast

Mohammad Saleh Ala,Akbar Moazezi,Fariborz Arabnia,Hamid Reza Afshar,Manouchehr Sadeghpoor,Rozita Ghaffari,Hedie Tehrani,Arash Majidi

Director

Behruz Afkhami

Writer

Behruz Afkhami,Minoo Farshchi

Cinematography

Nemat Haghighi

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0923719