The White Meadows
Sep 19 2009
•2h 32m
•Drama
Rahmat travels to a host of islands in a vast salt pan in order to collect the inhabitant's tears for an unknown purpose. He is joined on his mysterious journey by a young boy searching for his father. As their travel nears its end, a potent critique of the Iran's political leadership emerges.
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Hassan Pourshirazi
Rahmat
Younes Ghazali
Mohammad Rabbani
Mohammad Shirvani
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