Watch iFilm’s trailer for ‘Maritime Silk Road’

Trailer for the Iranian film ‘Maritime Silk Road’ is available on website of iFilm English TV Channel.

The movie, produced by Hassan Beshkoufeh and directed by Mohammad Bozorgnia, is a historical drama.

Also written by Bozorgnia, ‘Maritime Silk Road’ is about a man called Soleiman Siraf who, according to historical documents, was the first sailor to cross the Indian Ocean to China.

His route was then called the Maritime Silk Road and many merchants took that route to get their merchandise to China.

One of the passengers in this film is a young man named Shazan Ibn Yousof who keeps a log of the voyage.

The Maritime Silk Road started in the Persian Gulf and continued into India, Thailand and China.

The movie’s cast list includes Daryoush Arjmand, Pegah Ahangarani, the late Ezzatollah Entezami, Payam Dehkordi, Reza Kianian, Bahram Radan, Mehdi Mayami, and Mohsen Hosseini.

Don’t miss the movie ‘Maritime Silk Road’, made in 2011, tonight at 22:00 GMT.

iFilm English TV will also repeat the movie the next day at 04:00, 10:00 and 16:00 (all GMT times).

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