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Snowman

Original title: Adam barfi
  • 1995
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
2.6K
YOUR RATING
Akbar Abdi, Dariush Arjmand, Azita Hajian, and Parviz Parastui in Snowman (1995)
ComedyDramaRomance

A Iranian man (Akbar Abdi) stuck in Turkey, desperately wants to get a VISA to go to America. He starts dressing up as a woman in hopes of marrying an American man to get American citizenshi... Read allA Iranian man (Akbar Abdi) stuck in Turkey, desperately wants to get a VISA to go to America. He starts dressing up as a woman in hopes of marrying an American man to get American citizenship, but he starts having doubts and...A Iranian man (Akbar Abdi) stuck in Turkey, desperately wants to get a VISA to go to America. He starts dressing up as a woman in hopes of marrying an American man to get American citizenship, but he starts having doubts and...

  • Director
    • Davood Mir-Bagheri
  • Writer
    • Davood Mir-Bagheri
  • Stars
    • Akbar Abdi
    • Dariush Arjmand
    • Parviz Parastui
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    2.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Davood Mir-Bagheri
    • Writer
      • Davood Mir-Bagheri
    • Stars
      • Akbar Abdi
      • Dariush Arjmand
      • Parviz Parastui
    • 5User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Top Cast14

    Akbar Abdi
    Akbar Abdi
    • Abbas…
    Dariush Arjmand
    Dariush Arjmand
    • Esi Khan
    Parviz Parastui
    Parviz Parastui
    • Javad
    Azita Hajian
    Azita Hajian
    • Donya
    Mohammad Reza Sharifinia
    Mohammad Reza Sharifinia
    • Ali Kopol
    Manoochehr Alipoor
    Mehdi Fathi
    Mehdi Fathi
    • Churchill
    Abolfazl Ghasemian
    Sirus Gorjestani
    Sirus Gorjestani
    • Arayeshgar
    Ali Asghar Heydari Karimzadeh
    Amir Nikkhah
    Amir Nikkhah
    Milad Ghasemikhah Pargam
    Mojtaba Sadati
    • Director
      • Davood Mir-Bagheri
    • Writer
      • Davood Mir-Bagheri
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    • Trivia
      Finally after near 3 years of it's premiere in Fajr Festival the film was permitted to be screened in Iran in fall 1997 and also it's been played by the Iranian television several times.

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    Details

    • Release date
      • October 1997 (Iran)
    • Country of origin
      • Iran
    • Official sites
      • film2up
      • IMVBox.com
    • Languages
      • English
      • Turkish
      • Persian
    • Also known as
      • The Snowman
    • Filming locations
      • Istanbul, Turkey
    • Production companies
      • Farabi Cinema Foundation
      • Soureh Organisation of Cinematic Progression
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 49m(109 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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