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The Mistress (1973)

The Mistress poster
Original title
مِترِس
Directed by
Azizaleh Bahadori
Genre
drama, crime
Country
Iran
Runtime
1h 51m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman named Nazanin gets arrested on her wedding day with her husband Naeem, a drug smuggler. After Naeem is jailed and Nazanin is released, she starts taking care of a paralyzed man named Amir, who became disabled after a fall.

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What happens

مترس فیلمی به کارگردانی و نویسندگی عزیزاله بهادری محصول سال ۱۳۵۲ است. روز ازدواج نازنين (جميله) و نعيم (بهمن مفيد) پليس آنها را دستگير می كند. نعيم قاچاقچی سابقه داری است كه قصد حمل و نقل هرويين را داشته است. نعيم دستگير و نازنين آزاد می شود. او پرستاری مرد فلجی به نام امير (ايرج قادری) را می پذيرد كه پس از اطلاع از رابطه ي نامشروع همسرش از بلندی سقوط كرده و استخوان پاهايش شكسته است. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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