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During the political turmoil of 1953 in Tehran, Roya loves to visit the stationery shop of the gentle Mr. Fakhri. There she meets Bahman, and the two fall quickly in love. They plan to be married, but then Bahman mysteriously disappears, and the only way the two have to communicate is through letters delivered amid books by Mr. Fakhri. Then Bahman tells Roya to meet him in the town square so they can marry secretly, but violence breaks out in the square and the two do not meet. Both move on into
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