Mardan

A police officer finds himself haunted by a traumatic childhood memory as he searches for a missing man in the rugged mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan, in this striking feature debut by Batin Ghobadi.

Cast

Helly Luv

as Leila

Feyyaz Duman

as Morad

Ismail Zagros

as Karzan

Ahmed Adel

as Hama

Mehdi Bayramlou

as Shemal

Mir Murad Bedirxan

as Mir

Beritan Yeldistan

as Rozhan

Hussein Hassan Ali

as Mardan

Omer Chawshin

as Omer (Hotel Owner)

Azar Ghobadi

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