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Iranian Lottery

Iranian Lottery

2001 · 40 min · Documentary

People of a small town in northern Iran participate in a Great Lottery buying 800,000 tickets, while they are challenging some paradoxical problems such as charitable purposes, technocracy, gambling, religious limitations, economic difficulties and "high hopes".

Directed by Ramin Mohseni · Written by Ramin Mohseni

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