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Hard Shell (2024)
Director: Majid-Reza Mostafavi
Cast: Payman Maadi, Mehran Ghafourian, Hanie Tavassoli, Fereshteh Hosseini
Runtime112 min
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Leila, a young and talented tightrope walker, was banned from performing by the authorities. Since then, she has been working in her father's old circus. Samir is a teenager who falls in love with Leila and, instead of going to school, spends his days at the circus. At the same time, as political and economic problems in Iran deepen, the boy's father, Siamak, after many years of working in different jobs, gets a job as a foreman on a small donkey farm. When the animals start to disappear, he comes across terrible secrets and a web of corruption.
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Hard Shell, a 2024 Iranian drama directed by Majid-Reza Mostafavi, has received positive critical reception, though its awards recognition and public ratings are currently unknown.
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Hard Shell (2024) is a visually striking drama directed by Majid-Reza Mostafavi that blends the personal stories of its compelling leads, including Payman Maadi and Mehran Ghafourian, with a broader exploration of social and political turmoil in Iran. Fans of thoughtful, character-driven narratives will appreciate the film's thematic depth and nuanced performances.
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Primitive Baptists – also known as Regular Baptists, Old School Baptists, Foot Washing Baptists, or, derisively, Hard Shell Baptists – are conservative Baptists adhering to a degree of Calvinist beliefs who coalesced out of the controversy among Baptists in the early 19th century over the appropriateness of mission boards, tract societies, and temperance societies. Primitive Baptists are a subset of the Calvinistic Baptist tradition. The adjective "primitive" in the name is used in the sense of "original".
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