‘Pariah’: An Important and Untold Story of Identity
'Pariah' tells a powerful, mesmerizing, and unflinchingly honest story of identity.
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Leila, a young provincial girl, has recently married and now lives in Tehran. She and her husband are tenants to a pair of sweet, old ladies named Eti and Aziz. In matters of daily life and her relationship with her husband, Leila deals with all the same feminine preoccupations and concerns... until the event of a party shakes her foundations and turns her simple life upside down.
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Leila, a young provincial girl, has recently married and now lives in Tehran. She and her husband are tenants to a pair of sweet, old ladies named Eti and Aziz. In matters of daily life and her relationship with her husband, Leila deals with all the same feminine preoccupations and concerns... until the event of a party shakes her foundations and turns her simple life upside down.
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Genre:Drama, Family
Written By:Narges Abyar, Mohammad Hossein Ghasemi
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Box Office:$100,000
Runtime:94 minutes
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