Motherland 2008
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Professor Snider has presented a theory claiming that the turtles will come back to their birthplace after 30 years and his theory is pursued by Amirali. He meets Marleneh, the professor's grandchild and gets some documents and evidence regarding the theory which were gathered some 30 years ago in Qeshm island. He sends the documents to his mother, Mrs. Sharifi, and after ensuring the results of the previous experiment, she decides to send another generation of turtles to the sea; so she goes Qeshm. Mrs. Sharifi who has a disintegrated family, besides her investigations, is taking care of her ill father engineer Bijan Amiri who was far from her for a long time. At the same time, their daughter Sara who is living with her father Mehdi in Dubai, goes into an argument with her father and returns Iran to join her mother. Sara finds out that she is pregnant, so she should make a new decision. After saying goodbye to an escapee colonel who is living a difficult life in Germany, Amirali returns Tehran to help his mother, so the family reunite again. When the turtles are hatched and go to the sea, the family find themselves again.
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Persian Title:
زادبوم
Persian Title in English:
Zadboum
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2008
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2h11'
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