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Land of Lovers (1983)

Land of Lovers poster
Original title
دیار عاشقان
Directed by
Hassan Karbakhsh
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
Iran
Runtime
1h 43m
Rating
3.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

During the Iran-Iraq war, soldiers and civilians face the harsh realities of conflict. The film follows their struggles and sacrifices on the front lines.

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What happens

Land of Lovers (Persian: Diar-e asheghan; alternative English title: Lover's Place) is a 1984 film by the Iranian director Hassan Karbakhsh. Karbakhsh also wrote the script for the film, which starred Mohsen Sadeghi, Parviz Parastui and Ghodrat Latifi. Parastui was lauded at the 1985 Fajr Film Festival for his acting in this film. Set during the Iran-Iraq war, the film is an example of Sacred Defence cinema and is considered "the first film with a distinctly Iranian treatment of the war, although this kind of approach soon gave way to cliches". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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