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A Respected Family (2012)

A Respected Family poster
Original title
یک خانواده محترم
Directed by
Massoud Bakhshi
Genre
drama film
Country
Iran, France
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
Κ-12
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An Iranian scholar living in Europe returns to Iran to visit his mother and teach a course. He becomes entangled in the corruption of the country's highest administrative, judicial, and paramilitary institutions.

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What happens

A Respectable Family (Persian: یک خانواده محترم) is a 2012 Iranian movie directed by Massoud Bakhshi. The story of the film is about an Iranian scholar in Europe who is visiting his mother back in Iran while lecturing a course. This movie has a very critical view of Iranian society showing the corruptions in the highest level of administrative, judicial, and paramilitary groups of Iranian government. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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