Atabai

Atabai

2020 · 106 min · ★ 6.7 · Drama, Romance

Atabai lives with his father and his niece in the village of Pirkandi (Khoi). He was an architecture student at Tehran University of Fine Arts many years ago and left school a year after graduating because of the emotional problems caused by his unexpected love for his colleague....

Directed by Niki Karimi · Written by Hadi Hejazifar

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