Walnut Tree

Walnut Tree

2020 · 100 min · ★ 6.9 · Drama, History, War, Crime

Qader, a bricklayer from Sardasht in Kurdistan Iran whose wife is pregnant with her 4th child, suddenly found himself amid a war crime perpetrated by the Saddam regime. On June 28th, 1987 Iraqi air fighters dropped mustard gas bombs on the city...

Directed by Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian · Written by Hossein Hassani

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