From Karkheh to Rhein (1993)

Original title

از کرخه تا راین

Directed by

Ebrahim Hatamikia

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Iran, Germany

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Iranian man living in Germany after the Iran-Iraq war tries to reconnect with his sister. Their shared past and the distance between their worlds create tension and longing.

melancholicbittersweetcontemplativefamily-orientedwar-hauntedslow-burnhumanistic

What happens

From Karkheh to Rhein (Persian: از کرخه تا راین, romanized: Az Karkheh tā Rāīn) is a 1993 Iranian film written and directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia, starring Ali Dehkordi and Homa Rousta. The film is the first German-Iranian co-production. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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