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The White Meadows (2009)

The White Meadows poster
Original title
کشتزارهای سپید
Directed by
Mohammad Rasoulof
Genre
drama film
Country
Iran
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 30 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man named Rahmat travels across a salt-encrusted landscape in Iran. He takes part in rituals and encounters people in a struggling community.

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What happens

The White Meadows (Persian: کشتزارهای سپید, romanized: Keshtzarhaye sepid) is a 2009 Iranian film written, directed and produced by Mohammad Rasoulof. The film was edited by Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi and stars Hassan Pourshirazi as Rahmat. Lake Urmia, which is affected by falling water level and increasing salinity, was the filming location for the fictional setting of a salt-encrusted land. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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