Walnut Tree (2020)

Original title

درخت گردو

Directed by

Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian

Genre

drama film

Country

Iran

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man struggles to survive and protect his family during a chemical weapons attack on an Iranian town in 1987. The film follows his ordeal in the aftermath of the bombing.

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What happens

Walnut Tree (Persian: درخت گردو, romanized: Derakht-e Gerdoo) is a 2020 Iranian biographical war drama film directed by Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian and written by Ebrahim Amini and Hossein Hassani. it revolves around the Chemical bombing of Sardasht of 1987. The film screened for the first time at the 38th Fajr Film Festival and received 11 nominations. Mahdavian won a Crystal Simorgh for Best Director and Maadi won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor for his performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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