Beautiful City

Beautiful City

7.7IMDb Score
Released:2004-06-09
Genre:Drama
Duration:101 min
Country:Iran
Director:Asghar Farhadi
Actors:Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Ansari, Faramarz Gharibian, Ahoo Kheradmand, Hossein Farzi-Zadeh
Production:Neshane
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Overview:

Akbar, 18, has been held in a rehabilitation centre for committing murder at the age of sixteen. Now, Akbar is transferred to prison to await the day of his execution. A’la, a friend of Akbar, tries desperately to gain the consent of Akbar’s plaintiff so as to stop the execution.

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