Cinema Charbagh
Featured Films • 50m
Asghar Alvāri is a projectionist with Cinema Chahārbāq and a WIA spending time with old friends, reminiscing on memories and movies, until the cinema is taken over and unfortunate events happen to the projectionist.
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