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Still Life

Still Life

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Still Life

1974

1h 30m

7.0(26 votes)

Drama

Overview

A railway crossing guard and his wife live in a routine of total isolation and uneventfulness.

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Zadour Bonyadi

Mohamad Sardari

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Zahra Yazdani

The Old Man's Wife

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Hibibollah Safarian

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Majid Baghaie

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Hedayatollah Navid

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Mohammad-Reza Samimi

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Noorollah Googlani

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Hossein-Ali Bidogli

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Mohammed Kani

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Mahini

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Ali-Hossein Astarai

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Khosro Zandi

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Sayadchi

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Najafi

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Habib Safaryan

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