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The Stationery Shop

by Marjan Kamali

In 1953 Tehran, a chance encounter in a stationery shop sparks a doomed romance on the eve of political upheaval. Decades later, the lovers reunite and confront the choices that separated them. A tender, nostalgic exploration of love, fate, and Iran's turbulent history.

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