23 People (2019)

Original title

23 Nafar

Directed by

Mehdi Jafari

Genre

war film

Country

Iran

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Based on true events, the film follows a group of Iranian teenagers captured and taken as prisoners of war. It shows their experiences and the emotional weight of being young captives during wartime.

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What happens

23 People (Persian: ۲۳ نفر, romanized: 23 Nafar) is a 2019 drama war film based on the novel 23 People. The film was directed by Mehdi Jafari and sponsored by Owj Arts and Media Organization in Tehran. Yusefzadeh and some of the other teen captives attended the movie along with the cast and crew. Yusefzadeh said, “We were absolutely thrilled with this movie.... By watching the film, we didn’t know whether to cry or to be happy, because everything was very real in the film.” (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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