A Waltz for Tehran
Tehran
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50m
والسی برای تهران
Directed by Zeinab Tabrizy • 2016 • Iran
Mehrdad Mehdi, one of the pioneers of street music in Iran, decides to get his old band members together to start a street music festival in Tehran. There are lots of obstacles and difficulties on this road which makes for a heartfelt and engaging story.
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