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Ashkan, The Charmed Ring & Other Stories

New: Movies • 1h 29m

Directed by Shahram Mokri • Drama • With Sina Razani, Reza Behboudi • 2008 • 89 minutes

Iranian independent director Shahram Mokri's first feature is a delightfully offbeat B&W mystery / comedy about the mysterious workings of Fate, played out in deadpan Jim Jarmusch-meets-Tarantino vignettes.

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