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A man, who has some kind of a disease and eats a lot, enters a poor and large family to marry their mother.

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Status

Released

Original Language

Persian

Runtime

84 mins

Rating

7.2/10

Release Date

17 March 2010

Country

Iran

Cast

Ahmad Mehranfar

Ahmad Mehranfar

Mehran Ahmadi

Mehran Ahmadi

Nayereh Farahani

Nayereh Farahani

Pantea Bahram

Pantea Bahram

Mehdi Hashemi

Mehdi Hashemi

Negar Javaherian

Negar Javaherian

Baran Kosari

Baran Kosari

Saber Abar

Saber Abar

Nima

Marziyeh Boroumand

Marziyeh Boroumand

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