

The Scent of Joseph's Shirt
1995, Persian. Directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia.
َA father, Daei Ghafur, does not accept his son's death during 1980-1988 conflict between Iran and Iraq, and believes he is alive despite all evidence indicating otherwise. One day he meets a young lady, Shirin, at the airport who has travelled from Europe to Iran looking for his brother, Khosrow, a missing soldier at war. Both start searching their loved ones...
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Persian
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- Released
- 1 January 1995
- Original title
- بوی پیرهن یوسف
- Written by
- Ebrahim Hatamikia
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The Scent of Joseph's Shirt isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1995. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Scent of Joseph's Shirt?
The Scent of Joseph's Shirt (1995) was directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia and stars Niki Karimi, Ali Nasirian, Jafar Dehghan.