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Walnut Tree

Walnut Tree

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Qader, a bricklayer from Sardasht in Kurdistan Iran whose wife is pregnant with her 4th child, suddenly found himself amid a war crime perpetrated by the Saddam regime. On June 28th, 1987 Iraqi air fighters dropped mustard gas bombs on the city...

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Kurdish

Runtime

100 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

01 February 2020

Country

Iran

Cast

Payman Maadi

Payman Maadi

Qader

Mina Sadati

Mina Sadati

Homa

Mehran Modiri

Mehran Modiri

Doctor Ahmad

Minoo Sharifi

Minoo Sharifi

Maryam

Zhina Zahedi

Zhina Zahedi

Amir Arsalan Alebouyeh

Amir Arsalan Alebouyeh

Moslem

Sasan Saeedi

Sasan Saeedi

Mahdi

Masoud Naziri

Masoud Naziri

Mohsen

Amir Bay

Amir Bay

Ashkan

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