While a supporting role, her arc with actor Mostafa Zamani became a fan favorite. Unlike the central couple’s tumultuous passion, Afshar’s romance is one of late blooming —two lonely adults finding comfort in glances at a bus stop. It was lauded for showing that romance at forty can be as tender as at twenty.
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