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The Deer (1974)

The Deer poster
Original title
گوزنها
Directed by
Masoud Kimiai
Genre
drama film
Country
Iran
Runtime
2h
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two childhood friends are reunited years later in Tehran. One is a university student and the other has turned to drug addiction and crime. Their paths cross amid the social tensions of pre-revolutionary Iran.

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What happens

The Deer (Persian: گوزنها, romanized: Gavaznhā) is a 1974 Iranian drama film directed by Masoud Kimiai and produced by Mehdi Missaghieh. It was among the most acclaimed Persian movies before the Iranian revolution and starred Behrouz Vossoughi, the most famous Iranian male actor at the time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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