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A Few Cubic Meters of Love (2014)

A Few Cubic Meters of Love poster
Original title
چند متر مکعب عشق
Directed by
Jamshid Mahmoudi
Genre
romance film
Country
Afghanistan, Iran
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An Afghan refugee in Iran falls for a young woman from his homeland. Their relationship is tested by the social barriers and dangers they face as undocumented migrants.

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What happens

A Few Cubic Meters of Love (Persian: چند متر مکعب عشق, Chand Metre Moka'ab Eshgh) is a 2014 Iranian-Afghan romance film written and directed by Jamshid Mahmoudi. It was selected as the Afghan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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