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The Exam / The Exam
2021
Kurdish
Germany, Iraq

Directors: Shawkat Amin Korki
Synopsis
Rojin is a young Kurdish-Iraqi woman about to take the university entrance exam. Rojin's unhappily married older sister Shilan decides to help her pass at any cost, hoping to give her a more emancipated life. Thus, the sisters inevitably become entangled in a huge network of corruption that connects all parts of society.Details of Cast
Avan Jamal, Vania Salar, Hussein Hassan, Shwan Attoof, Hushyar NerwayiDetails of Crew
DoP- Adib SobhaniEditor- Ebrahim SaeediMusic- Mehmûd BerazîSound Design- Shahram AhmadianProducer Details
Mehmet AktaşWriter Details
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