Aug 26, 2011
107 min
Full-HD

Circumstance (2011)

A wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's newfound conservatism.

Category

Drama

Country

France United States of America

Companies

Bago Pictures Marakesh Films A Space Between Menagerie Pictures Neon Productions

Nikohl Boosheri

Atafeh

Sarah Kazemy

Shireen

Reza Sixo Safai

Mehran

Soheil Parsa

Firouz

Nasrin Pakkho

Azar Hakimi

Sina Amedson

Hossein

Keon Alexander

Joey

Amir Barghashi

Mohammed Mehdi

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