A number of inmates from a reformatory school are scheduled for release. As a condition for their discharge, it is specified that the younger boys should live either with their families or in government supervision centers. On the appointed date, however, Mohsen Ghaderi's parents do not show up to take their son. Another boy, meanwhile, Sohrab, an orphan, is not accepted in the government supervision centers. The film depicts the real lives of these two young boys among other inmates of the reformatory school. The past, the present and whatever is destined to happen in the future are what this film is all about. The causes of crime, the roles the family and society play, and the efforts to re-educate juvenile delinquents at reformatory school are of particular interest in the film.
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Mohammad Ali Talebi Director · Hassan Hassandoust Editor
United States release October 31, 2001 · Produced in Iran · Original title To Azadi
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Farabi Cinema
Production
Iran
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Original title
To Azadi
Original language
Persian
Spoken on screen
Persian
Release dates
Iran · February 1, 2001
Theatrical
United States · October 31, 2001
Theatrical
Canada
August 26, 2001 · Theatrical
Denmark
October 1, 2003 · Theatrical
Germany
June 1, 2003 · Theatrical
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