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Border Cafe2005
In a village near Iran's border with Turkey, Reyhan, a young woman with two children, faces a difficult choice when her husband dies. Instead of agreeing to marry her brother-in-law, as required by traditional law, she chooses to support her family by re-opening her late husband's restaurant. Kambozia Partovia represents Reyhan's struggle for self-sufficiency in a rigidly traditional environment as all too real and is continuously pressured to move into her brother-in-law's home and become his second wife.
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I enjoyed this movie very much. I loved hearing Farsi, Russian, Greek, Turkish - the medley of languages. The story was captivating.
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- Vanchos Constantin
- Svieta Mikalishina - Svieta
- Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy - Reyhan
- Nikos Papadopoulos - Zakario
- Parviz Parastui - Nasser
- Esmail Soltanian - Oujan
- Jafar Vahabpour - Karim
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I enjoyed this movie very much. I loved hearing Farsi, Russian, Greek, Turkish - the medley of languages. The story was captivating.
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Excellent. Absolutely wonderful, simple tale. Please watch.
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This truly is an international film that takes place in a border town on the Iranian side, in a truck stop restaurant. The story is about a widow's struggle to keep her independence and raise her children alone after her Iranian husband has died. And just like what you'd encounter in a border town, many cultures, languages, attitudes converge. It's a contemporary story, but the cultural issues are ever relevant. Traditions and honor clash with personal will and self-determination, and the woman bears the brunt of this.
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Very good!
just so powerful, acting is even surpassed by the food and comfort of the cafe
A film with a feminist edge in the familiar Iranian tradition of veiled critique. I look forward to have a woman director's perspective represented as well.
Great story. Simply filmed so that the power of the story is played bare. Loved the music.
Eye opener with delightful moments.
wonderful film