The Peddler (1987)
دستفروش
The movie consists of three episodes that explore the lives of poor and desperate in Iran. In episode one, a very poor couple with many crippled children abandon their newly born baby in hopes that it will have a better future. In the second episode, a mentally impaired and isolated young man tries to take care of his senile mother who is almost dead. In the third episode, a cowardly and desperate peddler tries to escape from his boss.
- Date of release
- 1987-02-02
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Casting
- Zohreh Sarmadi
- Esmaeel Soltaniyan
- Mohammad Talaie
- Somayyeh Ebrahimi
- Morteza Zarrabi
- Mahmoud Basiri
- Davoud Ghanbari
- Behzad Behzadpour
- Jafar Dehghan
- Farid Kashan-Fallah
- Mohammad-Ali Mozhdehi
- Moharram Zaynalzadeh
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