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Minoo Watchtower (1996)

Minoo Watchtower poster
Original title
برج مینو
Directed by
Ebrahim Hatamikia
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
Iran
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A film set during the Iran Iraq war. It focuses on a group of people at a watchtower and how they deal with the conflict.

somberreflectiveintimateslow-pacedhumanisticgroundedmeditativewar-torn

What happens

Minoo Watchtower is a 1996 drama film by the Iranian director Ebrahim Hatamikia. Hatamikia also wrote the script for the film, which was lensed by Aziz Sa'ati. Niki Karimi, Ali Mosaffa and Mohamad Reza Sharifinia starred in the principal roles. The film is an example of Sacred Defense cinema, a genre of Iranian films depicting the Iran–Iraq War's impact on Iran. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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