M for Mother
Oct 24 2006
•2h 53m
•Drama
What appears to be a grand love story turns sour when parents-to-be discover that their unborn child will likely be born with serious birth defects, as a result of the mother's exposure to chemical weapons during the Iran-Iraq war. The father does not want to have a disabled child, but the mother insists on going through with the pregnancy.
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Golshifteh Farahani
Sepideh
Hossein Yari
Soheil
Jamshid Hashempour
Roobik
Sahar Dolatshahi
Farzaneh
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