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Oboor

Oboor poster
Directed by
Kamal Tabrizi
Genre
war film
Country
Iran
Elsewhere
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How it feels

Soldiers navigate the hardships of the Iran-Iraq war. The film follows their daily struggles and the difficult choices they face.

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What happens

Oboor (Persian: عبور, Crossing or Transition in English) is a 1989 film by the Iranian director Kamal Tabrizi. Tabrizi also wrote the script. Set during the Iran-Iraq war, the film is an example of Sacred Defence cinema, a genre of Iranian films depicting the 1980–1988 war's impact on Iran. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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