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A Minor Leap Down(2015)
Status: Released
Date: 2015-02-14
69%
8 Votes
Time: 1h 28m
Overview:
Nahal is around thirty and in her fourth month of pregnancy. During a routine check-up she learns that her baby has died and she now faces a curettage abortion in two days’ time. When she tries to address the subject, neither her mother nor her husband give her a chance to speak.
Languages: Persian.
Countries:
France,
Iran
ProductionCompanies:
Barzegar Production
Movie: A Minor Leap Down
Top 6 Billed Cast
نگار جواهریان
رامبد جوان
Babak
Mahmoud Behrouzian
Nahal's father
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Nahal is around thirty and in her fourth month of pregnancy. During a routine check-up she learns that her baby has died and she now faces a curettage abortion in two days’ time. When she tries to address the subject, neither her mother nor her husband give her a chance to speak.
Release Date
2015-02-14
Average
6.9
Rating:
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