Marriage of the Blessed
Original title: Arousi-ye Khouban
1989 · 1 h 15 min
Directed by 
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Mohsen MakhmalbafCast
Mahmoud Hatamikia Roya Nonahali Ebrahim Abadi Mohsen Zaehtab Iraj Saghiri Hossein Moslemi
Credits
Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Plot
A war veteran returns to a Tehran changed.
Sinekatalog’s take
Mohsen Makhmalbaf's drama follows a traumatised Iran-Iraq war veteran and photographer who returns to a changed Tehran. Raw and fragmented, it is a bitter, searching look at post-war disillusion that angered censors.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.6 / 10 (595 votes)
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