Djomeh

Djomeh

2000 · 94 min · ★ 6.9 · Drama

Djomeh is a young Afghan man who has come to live in Iran because of family trouble. Working as a milk boy, he encounters discrimination from the Iranian villagers and disdain from Habib, a fellow Afghani to whose trust Djomeh was given. The only person who shows any friendliness to him is his employer, who Djomeh asks to intercede for him in asking a woman from the village for her hand in marriage.

Directed by Hassan Yektapanah · Written by Hassan Yektapanah

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