SUITCASE
Genre
Drama
Running time
15 minutes
Year
2023
Language
Subtitle
No
Country
Iran and United States of America (USA)
Director
Saman Hosseinpuor, Ako Zandkarimi
Bio
Producer
Fariba Arab
Cast
Meysam Damanzeh, Elena Sahami, Rezvan Khodami
Scriptwriter
Saman Hosseinpuor, Ako Zandkarimi
Far from his own homeland, a Kurdish refugee lives out of his suitcase. In it, he carries memories of his family. When someone steals the suitcase in the tumult of a foreign city centre, he loses his home a second time.
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