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عسل تلخ (1961)

عسل تلخ poster
Directed by
Hossein Madini
Country
Iran
Runtime
1h 35m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young couple who are cousins are in love. The woman's father forces her to marry a man of his choosing.

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What happens

عسل تلخ فیلمی به کارگردانی و نویسندگی حسین مدنی محصول سال ۱۳۴۰ است. پسر عمو و دختر عمویی یکدیگر را دوست دارند اما پدر دختر فرزندش را به عقد مردی درمی‌آورد که مورد نظر خودش است… (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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