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Parting (2016)

Parting poster
Original title
رفتن
Directed by
Navid Mahmoudi
Genre
drama film
Country
Afghanistan, Iran
Runtime
1h 18m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows characters dealing with separation and loss in everyday life. It shows how people cope with emotional distance and difficult choices.

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What happens

Parting is a 2016 Afghan-Iranian drama film written and directed by Navid Mahmoudi. It was selected as the Afghan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. However, the film was not included in the final list of submissions published by the Academy. It was screened at the Busan International Film Festival in October 2016. Parting was the inaugural film at the 21st International Film Festival of Kerala. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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