The Iraqi imposed war on Iran saw younger Iranian boys and girls eagerly headed to the frontlines.
Some of them joined the army despite their guardians' reluctance. Keyvan is depicting one of those boys trying to win his mom’s consent to go and fight for his country.
In a promo cut from tonight’s episode of the series that will hit the air at 19:00 GMT, Keyvan bravely stands for what he thinks is right. Tune in to see if his mother gives him her consent.
Directed by Javad Afshar and produced by Mohammad-Reza Shafiee, ‘Kimia’ tells the story of a woman’s life during extremely important events in Iran’s contemporary history.
Kimia Parsa was a young girl living in the city of Khorramshahr during the reign of the country’s former king, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
We follow her as she experiences the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Saddam Hussein’s war on the country, and the present day.
As she experiences some of the most tumultuous times in recent history, her life is ravaged by pain and sorrow. Still, she refuses to give up hope and carries on.
Azita Hajiyan, Mehdi Soltani-Sarvestani, Gelareh Abbasi, Pouriya Poursorkh, Hassan Pourshirazi, Reza Kianian, Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia, Niki Karimi, Mehraveh Sharifinia, and Mehdi Pakdel make up the castlist of this 110-episode series.
The long list of the stars go on with Ata Omrani, Amir-Hossein Arman, Soudabeh Beyzaee, Zahra Saeedi, Rouhollah Kamani, Atefeh Razavi, Mir-Taher Mazloumi, Borzou Arjmand, Mehrdad Ziaee, Khatereh Hatami, and Reza Tavakkoli.
iFilm English TV will repeat each episode of the social drama on the next day at 03:00, 08:00 and 14:00 (all GMT times).
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