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196735 minPGdocumentary

6.4/ 10(18 ratings)• TMDB

The Night It Rained

196735 minPGdocumentary

6.4/ 10(18 ratings)• TMDB

A banned film unravels a hero's tale, questioning truth and authority.

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A banned film unravels a hero's tale, questioning truth and authority.

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Kamran Shirdel

Kamran Shirdeldirector

Esmail Noorialawriter

Kamran Shirdel

Kamran Shirdelwriter

Nosratollah Karimi

Nosratollah Karimicast

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Initially banned for seven years, the film treats the questionable and controversial newspaper story of a heroic village boy who prevented a train disaster as an antiauthoritarian, Rashomon-like puzzle.

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