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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
From the same director, this Kurdish drama similarly turns a personal mission into a sharp, pressured encounter with institutional power, moral compromise, and the scars left by political violence.
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Why this pick
Its tightly escalating ethical conflict and ordinary people trapped by social systems echo The Exam’s blend of intimate family stakes, mounting tension, and consequential choices.
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Why this pick
Its tense, street-level Baghdad setting and tightly wound character clashes offer the same atmosphere of danger, social fracture, and lives abruptly altered by forces beyond their control.
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Why this pick
A morally knotty drama that steadily tightens around guilt and accountability, matching The Exam’s serious realism and its focus on how one compromised decision ripples through families.
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Why this pick
This Iraqi road drama has the same grounded emotional force and social awareness, following family bonds through a landscape where bureaucracy, history, and loss shape every step.
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01 / THE STORY
Rojin is a young Kurdish woman about to take the university entrance exam. Rojin’s unhappily married older sister Shilan decides to help her pass at any cost, hoping to give her a more emancipated life. Thus, the sisters inevitably become entangled in a huge network of corruption that connects all parts of society.
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