Men at Work (2006)
Gênero : Comédia, Drama
Runtime : 1H 15M
Director : Mani Haghighi
Escritor : Abbas Kiarostami, Mani Haghighi
Sinopse
A political allegory on four middle-class guys who pile into their car for a ski weekend. A brief stop at a picturesque vista leads to their chance discovery of a prominent rock formation it seems would be oh so easy to tip over, but...
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