A group of journalists and production engineers arrive in a Kurdish village to document the locals' mourning rituals anticipating the death of an elderly woman, but she remains alive. The main engineer is forced to slow down and appreciate the lifestyle of the village. He who stayed at the village with great enthusiasm for the burial of the old woman finds nothing interesting in the ceremony at the end.
Directed by
Abbas Kiarostami
Written by
Abbas Kiarostami
Starring
Behzad Dorani (Engineer); Noghre Asadi; Roushan Karam Elmi; Bahman Ghobadi; Shahpour Ghobadi; Reihan Heidari; Masood Mansouri; Ali Reza Naderi; Frangis Rahsepar; Masoameh Salimi; Farzad Sohrabi; Lida Soltani. Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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