"From Afar" traces the malaise of a young artist and intellectual in three episodes: Book Burning, Breathing and Dawn. The Young protagonist lives in contemporary Tehran and he appears as a film student, an asthmatic businessman and a successful architect. In each story, he journeys toward a spiritual insight or emotion.
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Cast
Koorosh Tahami
Omid / Mehran / Majid
Jamshid Hashempour
Sheikh / Painter / Father
Behnaz Jafari
Mehran's Wife
Homayoun Ershadi
Doctor
Mehdi Miami
Warrior
Dariush Arjmand
Professor
Mahbubeh Bayat
Mehran's Mother
Ebrahim Abadi
Landlord
Kamand Amirsoleimani
Majid's Wife
Saba Mohseni
Majid's Daughter
Mohammad Ali Najafi
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