Nasi spends months after release from prison, watching the films and memorizes all the lines. He then travels around to perform the films as a one man show on a bench. Gradually he forms a theatre group called Cinema Bench...
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Ali Omrani
Nasi
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Mahtab Nasirpour
Mali
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Turaj Mansuri
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Ashkan Khatibi
Saba
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Once Upon a Time in Iran
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Houman Barghnavard
Ata
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Shahrzad
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Law of Tehran
Ramin Pouriman
Gulam
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Bomb: A Love Story
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Hossein Erfani
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The Bitter Land
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Children of Heaven
The Song of Sparrows
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Mohammad Rahmanian Director · Fardin Khalatbari Composer Turaj Mansuri Cinematographer
United States release October 6, 2016 · Produced in Iran · Original title سینما نیمکت
Production
Iran
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Languages
Original title
سینما نیمکت
Original language
Persian
Spoken on screen
Persian
Release dates
Iran · February 3, 2016
Fajr Film Festival
United States · October 6, 2016
Mill Valley International Film Festival
Brazil
October 22, 2016 · Theatrical
Canada
August 24, 2016 · Montréal World Film Festival
France
May 17, 2016 · Cannes Film Market
India
November 20, 2016 · Goa International Film Festival of India
Spain
November 2, 2017 · Asian Film Festival Barcelona
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