Still Life
Dec 07 1978
•2h 30m
•Drama
A railway crossing guard and his wife live in a routine of total isolation and uneventfulness.
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Zadour Bonyadi
Mohamad Sardari
Zahra Yazdani
The Old Man's Wife
Hibibollah Safarian
Majid Baghaie
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