First-time director Mania Akbari explores the heartbreak and joy of romantic     relationships through the stories of seven couples searching for happiness.      Comprising seven vignettes, the film features the same two actors in each        episode, each time as different characters whose problems unfold in            conversations, quarrels, and altercations. Some issues are                     universal--jealousy, adultery, abortion. Others reveal the personal hardships  and political realities exclusive to modern-day Iran, and especially for         women. Simultaneously wrenching and uplifting, private and universal, 20    Fingers reveals a director on the cutting edge of filmmaking in her         country. Received the Cinema Digitale Award at the Venice International Film   Mania Akbari---Iran---2004---72 mins.

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  Release Date: 03/27/2007