When Everybody Was Asleep
Nov 01 2006
•1h 24m
•Drama
'When Everybody was Asleep' is the story of Bibi, a well loved, elderly midwife in a small village. When Bibi married, her husband promised to take her on a pilgrimage to Mecca, and, although he never forgot his promise, he passed away before he could keep it. After years of waiting, Bibi finally has the chance to make the pilgrimage, but her advanced age makes the journey more difficult than it ever was before
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Mohammad Reza Foroutan
Golab Adine
Ghazal Shakeri
Nazanin Farahani
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