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The Scent of Joseph's Shirt

Original title: Booy-E Pirahan-E Yusef
  • 1995
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
1.8K
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The Scent of Joseph's Shirt (1995)
DramaWar

Ghafoor is a Taxi Driver whose son is saying to be killed during war but he is refusing to believe it. Although all the evidences proves that his son is dead and everyone believe so, he stil... Read allGhafoor is a Taxi Driver whose son is saying to be killed during war but he is refusing to believe it. Although all the evidences proves that his son is dead and everyone believe so, he still is waiting for his beloved son Yousef. Then one day in the airport Ghafoor encounters a ... Read allGhafoor is a Taxi Driver whose son is saying to be killed during war but he is refusing to believe it. Although all the evidences proves that his son is dead and everyone believe so, he still is waiting for his beloved son Yousef. Then one day in the airport Ghafoor encounters a strange woman Shirin.

  • Director
    • Ebrahim Hatamikia
  • Writer
    • Ebrahim Hatamikia
  • Stars
    • Niki Karimi
    • Ali Nasirian
    • Jafar Dehghan
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    1.8K
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    • Director
      • Ebrahim Hatamikia
    • Writer
      • Ebrahim Hatamikia
    • Stars
      • Niki Karimi
      • Ali Nasirian
      • Jafar Dehghan
    • 2User reviews
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    Niki Karimi
    Niki Karimi
    • Shirin
    Ali Nasirian
    Ali Nasirian
    • Daee Ghafour
    • (as Ali Nassirian)
    Jafar Dehghan
    Jafar Dehghan
    • Asghar
    Shirin Bina
    Shirin Bina
    • Nasrin
    Atousa Ghoreishi
    • Sadigheh
    Azizollah Honaramouz
    • Mard - The man
    Ghasem Zare
    • Amir
    Hassan Zarei
    Hassan Zarei
    • Airport taxi manager
    Saleh Mirza Aghayi
    Nobar Ghanbarian
    Ebrahim Hatamikia
    Ebrahim Hatamikia
    • Mosafer
    Lorik Minassian
    Amir Paivar
    Mehran Tajik
    • Director
      • Ebrahim Hatamikia
    • Writer
      • Ebrahim Hatamikia
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    7cnamorteza

    One of the best iranian war film

    It is the best Iranian film in the war genre that I have seen so far, and of course the beautiful music of Majid Entezami and its great impact on the film should not be ignored.

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    • Trivia
      The director Ebrahim Hatamikia is appearing in one scene. When Ghafor is delivering Asghar the war injures who has returned from Germany from the airport in the back seat of the taxi a passenger is sitting. He orders Ghafor to drive away or he will step out of the car and also swallow some pills obviously a war injures is himself.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Irani Bag (2020)

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    • Release date
      • 1995 (Iran)
    • Country of origin
      • Iran
    • Official site
      • sourehcinema
    • Language
      • Persian
    • Also known as
      • Yusuf'un Gömleğinin Kokusu
    • Filming locations
      • Tehran, Iran
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 40m(100 min)
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