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Modest Reception
Modest Reception

Modest Reception

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An Iranian couple from the city drive around a remote mountainous region. They hand out bags of money to poor villagers in return for them carrying out unusual requests the couple make of them.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Persian

Runtime

100 mins

Rating

6.4/10

Release Date

02 January 2013

Country

Iran

Cast

Mani Haghighi

Mani Haghighi

Kaveh

Taraneh Alidoosti

Taraneh Alidoosti

Leyla

Saber Abar

Saber Abar

Saeed Changizian

Saeed Changizian

Esmaeil Khalaj

Esmaeil Khalaj

Mohammad Aghebati

Mohammad Aghebati

Danial Fathi

Danial Fathi

Himan Dehgani

Himan Dehgani

Naqi Seif-Jamali

Naqi Seif-Jamali

Nader Fallah

Nader Fallah

Vahid Aghapoor

Vahid Aghapoor

Ghorban Najafi

Ghorban Najafi

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