Tears and Laughters
A Lost Persian Film. Javad Shadi, who is in charge of a joy caravan, murders his wife Setareh because of her secret lifestyle and association with a vagrant and is sentenced to life imprisonment. He gives his daughter Roya to a traveling singer named Gholam Hossein. Javad is released after fifteen years and returns to his hometown of Rudbar. Gholam Hossein, who entrusts Roya to a wealthy family a year after Javad's imprisonment, gives Javad the address of Amir Afzal. Javad goes to Amir Afzal and his wife and agrees to give up his paternal rights in exchange for his daughter's happiness. Javad finds out that Jamshid Mehrdad, Roya's fiancé, is an unemployed young man with a wife and two children. Javad arranges for Roya to marry Kamran, Roya's music teacher; But Roya hurts Javad due to a misunderstanding, and Javad continues his life in anonymity. Kamran tells Roya the truth of the incident, and the two find Javad and bring him back home.
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Esmail Koushan Director · Ahmad Najibzadeh Writer Hasan Mahdiadgar Editor
First release June 17, 1964 · Produced in Iran · Original title اشکها و خندهها
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Iran
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Original title
اشکها و خندهها
Original language
Persian
Spoken on screen
Persian
Release dates
Iran · June 17, 1964
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