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Parvaneh(2012)
Status: Released
Date: 2012-11-01
66%
19 Votes
Time: 0h 25m
Overview:
Parvaneh is a young Afghan immigrant who recently arrived at a transit centre for asylum seekers in the Swiss Alps. The only things she has got to know yet are the rural area surrounding the centre and the centre itself.
Languages: German.
Countries:
Switzerland
Movie: Parvaneh
Top 10 Billed Cast
Nissa Kashani
Parvaneh
Cheryl Graf
Emely
Brigitte Beyeler
Emely's Mother
Patrick Slanzi
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