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[sound of liquid pouring]

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[lamp clicks on]
[car passes outside]

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[aquarium bubbling]

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[dramatic music playing on TV]

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[narrator speaking on TV]

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[street noise]

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[strange animal sound in the distance]

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<b>"It’s been thousands of years since</b>
<b>the Earth has delivered a living creature..."</b>

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[electronic music playing]

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[phone alarm rings]

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[music volume lowers]

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<b>Sohrab do you even remember</b>
<b>I have a performance tonight?</b>

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<b>If you can’t pick me up,</b>
<b>just say so. I’ll go by myself!</b>

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[waves crashing, wind blowing]

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[laughter and chatter in the distance]

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[male voice humming “Für Elise”]

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[strange animal sound returns]

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- [Yasi, on phone]<i><b> Hello?</b></i>
<b>- Yasi?</b>

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<i><b>- Yeah Nina? Kinda busy here...</b></i>
<b>- Your brother hasn't come home again!</b>

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<i><b>- Where are you? Aren't you at the studio?</b></i>
<b>- Nah, come on. I’m home...</b>

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[Yasi, to someone else]<i><b> Yeah, just leave it there...</b></i>
<i><b> Sorry Nina, go on!</b></i>

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<b>He kept nagging: "Why don't you ever cook,</b>
<b>why aren't you like other wives?"</b>

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<b>I scoured YouTube,</b>
<b>made beef stroganoff for his highness!</b>

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<b>It all went cold and ruined.</b>

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<b>You two have to create some kind of drama</b>
<b>every fucking time I have a show...</b>

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[sighs]<i><b> Alright darling... Stay put.</b></i>
<i><b>I’ll pick you up for the show.</b></i>

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[Yasi, to someone else, indistinct]

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[ambulance siren wailing]

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[rich forest ambiance]

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[birdsong, woodpecker tapping]

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<b>"It’s been thousands of years since</b>
<b>the Earth has delivered a living creature..."</b>

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<b>"It’s been thousands of years since the Earth..."</b>
[loud growl of strange animal]

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[car horn honks]
[ambulance siren]

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["Zhina" by Shadmehr Aghili
playing softly inside the car]

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<b>- I was just coming to you!</b>
<b>- Traffic killed me. Get in!</b>

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<b>Darling, instead of driving</b>
<b>across the town just to babysit me,</b>

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<b>why don’t you go and find your brother?</b>

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<b>God knows where he’s been for days…</b>

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<b>Nina, do you even listen?</b>

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<b>I’ve told you a hundred times:</b>
<b>Don’t go home!</b>

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<b>Stay at my damn studio,</b>
<b>rehearse, work on your lines...</b>

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<b>Why do you think</b>
<b>I gave you the studio key then, huh?</b>

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[music volume increases]

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<b>He’s singing it wrong, you know?</b>

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<b>It should be:</b>
<b>"Nina, my flower... my beautiful flower..."</b>

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[music volume lowers]<b> God! We used to listen to this</b>
<b>like goofs back in college!</b>

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<b>Sohrab still plays it, you know?</b>

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<b>And he has the guts to call me</b>
<b>old-fashioned, or stuck in the Stone Age...</b>

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<b>Nina... do you remember</b>
<b>the last time Sohrab played this?</b>

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<b>I dunno...</b>
<b>Maybe in the car, or...</b>

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<b>Why?</b>

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<b>No reason... just wondering...</b>

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<b>- Pull over!</b>
<b>- Why do you snap like that out? I’m just talking!</b>

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<b>I know that face, Yasi.</b>

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<b>- You say one thing, but think another!</b>
<b>- And what exactly am I thinking?</b>

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<b>Go on, tell me!</b>
<b>What’s in my head?</b>

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<b>He was supposed to</b>
<b>listen to my monologue before the show...</b>

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<b>If he doesn’t show up tonight,</b>
<b>I’m gonna mess it all up…</b>

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[gasps]

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[gasps]<b> Nina...</b>

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<b>Nina, where are you going?</b>

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[car drives off quickly]

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<b>Sohrab!</b>
<b>If something’s up, just tell me straight.</b>

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<b>Don’t send Yasi, for God’s sake!</b>

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<b>This kid cannot even pretend...</b>

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<b>You know what I was thinking about this morning?</b>

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<b>Remember that random camping trip?</b>

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<b>We left in the morning, came back at night,</b>
<b>and both said it was our best trip ever.</b>

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<b>Remember that stupid card game?</b>

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<b>You kept forcing me</b>
<b>to play in the middle of the forest.</b>

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<b>It was such nonsense!</b>
<b>I'm sure it was made up...</b>

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[laughter and chatter in the distance]
<b>Sohrab?</b>

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<b>How did I do that weird animal sound?</b>

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<b>Been bugging me since this morning,</b>
<b>can’t remember...</b>

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<b>"It’s been thousands of years since</b>
<b>the Earth has delivered a living creature..."</b>

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<b>"I open my eyes."</b>

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<b>"I am lonely."</b>

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<b>"The deep darkness of the trees,</b>
<b>enfolds me like a womb."</b>

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<b>What was the next line?</b>

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[laughs]<b> Idiot!</b>

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<b>You know it all.</b>

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<b>Why don't you do it instead of me?</b>
<b>It would be better.</b>

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<b>My head's gone blank again.</b>

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<b>At least when Sohrab’s around,</b>
<b>he claps out of politeness at the end...</b>

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<b>Get up! Stop talking nonsense</b>
<b>and enough with the Sohrab!</b>

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<b>We’re going to my place, you'll grab your stuff</b>
<b>and we'll head to the theatre.</b>

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<b>The cast won’t wait around for your drama!</b>

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[a car speeds away]

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[Nina humming "Für Elise"]

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[eerie music fades in]

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[breathing heavily]

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<b>Let it out, cry!</b>

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[door opens to seaside ambiance]

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[knocking at the door]
[Yasi, off screen]<i><b> Open the door, Nina!</b></i>

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<i><b>Please!</b></i>

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<i><b>What are you running from?</b></i>

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<i><b>Darling, It's not your fault!</b></i>

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[knocking]<i><b> Open the door, just for a sec...</b></i>
<i><b>We need to talk...</b></i>

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[cellphone ringing]

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[Sohrab, on phone]
<i><b>Nina, my flower... my beautiful flower...</b></i>

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<b>Sohrab?!</b>

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[car music playing - "Zhina" by Shadmehr Aghili]
<i><b>I’m coming love, I swear!</b></i>

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<i><b>Run through your monologue one more time</b></i>
<i><b>and I’ll be there.</b></i>

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[Sohrab singing along quietly]

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<b>Sohrab! Don’t come!</b>
<b>I’m not in a rush.</b>

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<i><b>What? Can’t hear you Nina...</b></i>

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<i><b>If you can hear me, I’m coming...</b></i>

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[Sohrab singing along quietly]

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<b>Don't come because of me...</b>

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[dramatic music fades in]

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[breathing deeply]

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<i><b>Nina, do you hear me?</b></i>

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[overlapping voices and "Zhina" music
echo ominously]

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<b>"It’s been thousands of years since</b>
<b>the Earth has delivered a living creature..."</b>

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<b>"It’s been thousands of years since</b>
<b>the Earth has delivered a living creature..."</b>

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[car accelerating]

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<i><b>Nina... There’s some weird animal</b></i>
<i><b>in the middle of the road...</b></i>

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[car screeches and crashes off screen]

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<b>Baby, It's not a brain game!</b>
<b>You’re overanalyzing it... Boo!</b>

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<b>Goddamn it! Don't!</b>
<b>What the hell is this?</b>

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<b>I don't want you to run off!</b>

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<b>Now give it to me.</b>

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<b>Look at that snout:</b>
<b>Woof woof!</b>

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<b>It’s a dog!</b>
<b>You gotta respond quickly, no thinking!</b>

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<b>If you wanna be the God of this game,</b>
<b>you gotta be fast!</b>

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<b>- Oh, so now you’re the God?</b>
<b>- I was always the God, babe!</b>

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<b>- It's so lame! Stop it.</b>
<b>- It’s not! Just go with the flow!</b>

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<b>Another one!</b>

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<b>No thinking!</b>
<b>...and don’t show it to me!</b>

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<b>- Shit... Wait a sec...</b>
<b>- Don’t drag it out!</b>

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<b>Quick!</b>
<b>1,2,3!</b>

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[claps once]
<b>God says your time is up!</b>

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[Nina mimics the creature sound]
[Sohrab laughs]

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<b>What the hell was that?!</b>

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<b>It's a prehistoric beast!</b>
<b>I haven't named it yet!</b>

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<b>Prehistoric?! You’re ruining the game!</b>
<b>It has to be real!</b>

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<b>It is real! It’s my card,</b>
<b>so I say it’s real! Listen again...</b>

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[Nina mimcs the sound again]
[Sohrab mimics Nina]

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<b>- You gotta breathe it in!</b>
<b>- Innnn...</b>

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[distant creature sound through the forest]

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[again, eerie creature sound]
[dramatic music fades in]

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[wind blowing]

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<b>"It’s been thousands of years since</b>
<b>the Earth has delivered a living creature..."</b>

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[gasps]

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<b>"But I am alive!"</b>

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<b>"History is conceived within my body."</b>

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<b>"Behold me!"</b>

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<b>"Here I stand!"</b>
[soft ambient music fades in]

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<b>"Like the wind, I dance!"</b>

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<b>"Like the night, I howl!"</b>
[howling]

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<b>"Like restless eyes, I wander!"</b>

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<b>"I cry out loud:"</b>

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<b>"That's enough!"</b>

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<b>"From now on,</b>
<b>my gaze shall revive the history!"</b>

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[lights snap off]
[audience applauds]

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[end credits music playing]

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"Prehistoric"
Produced, Written and Directed by 
Armin Etemadi

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Cast
Elaheh Bakhshi
Samaneh Moniri
and Mansour Nasiri as Sohrab

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Director of Photography
Pooyan Aghababaei

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Editor
Pooyan Sholevar

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Set & Costume Designer        Faraz Modiri
Sound Designer             Ramin Abousedgh

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Original Soundtrack             Sam Mazaheri
Sound Recordist             Meysam Hasanloo
Makeup Artist                       Shirin Moosavi