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Malaria (2016)

Malaria poster
Original title
مالاریا
Directed by
Parviz Shahbazi
Genre
drama film
Country
Iran
Runtime
1h 26m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man grapples with a personal crisis in contemporary Iran. The film follows his struggle to find resolution as pressures from family and society mount.

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What happens

Malaria (Persian: مالاریا) is a 2016 Iranian drama film written and directed by Parviz Shahbazi. It had its world premiere in the Horizons section at the 73rd edition of the Venice Film Festival. The film later won the Grand Prix at the 2016 Warsaw International Film Festival. Parviz Shahbazi also director won the best director award at the Dhaka International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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