A busload of College students, returning to Michigan from a Canadian field trip, is stopped at the US border at the time of the Iranian hostage crisis. The group includes a number of Iranian passengers, divided along ideological lines, whose debates about policy and politics soon lead to a full-scale confrontation.
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Mary Apick
Firouzeh
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Parviz Sayyad
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Parviz Sayyad Director
First release August 14, 1987 · Produced in United States · Languages English, Persian
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Persian
Release dates
Switzerland · August 14, 1987
Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
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