Overview
Sara is the perfect young housewife. When husband Hessam requires an expensive emergency operation abroad, it is she who works for the funds. For the next three years she labors secretly to pay the shady loan shark and save Hessam - until the truth is revealed and with it, the reality of her marriage.
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Based on
Based on A Doll's House
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Dariush MehrjuiWriter
- Original title
- سارا
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 3, 1993
- Original language
- Persian
- Countries
- Iran
Production
Cast
Niki KarimiSara
Amin TarokhHessam
Khosro ShakibaiGhoshtasb
Yassamin MaleknasrSimi- Khadijeh ShamsiAuntie
- Soraya RashidiParvin
Souren MnatsakanianDr. Suren- Zari MahmoudiMrs. Seyrafi
- Mahvash VaghariMrs. Soleimani
- Flor HejaziManager of the bridal-sewing workshop
- Ahmad Saeedi-NejadHospital visitor
- Faramarz RoshanayiHospital visitor
- Ebrahim AfroughiHospital visitor
- Mohammad Alimoghi KaniOphthalmologist
- Samin MesgaranChild guest
- Mina BozorgmehrChild guest
- Amir SaeediGuest
- Hamzeh PesyanGuest
- Elaheh MoghaddamGuest
- Nader RajabpourGuest
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