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Empty Your Pockets

Tara Aghdashloo · Iran · Dark Comedy / Satire / Drama · 20 min · 14K views

Directed by Tara Aghdashloo · Starring Morvarid Alinejad, Nikta Atapour, Kiarash Dadgar, Bahman Dadui · 2024

A young airport customs officer in Iran must navigate the ever-shifting rules of a totalitarian system to keep his job.

A sharp, absurd look at everyday complicity under authoritarian rule, set in an airport of departures and goodbyes.

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