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One
of the strongest Iranian films in years: few films from
any country recently have dealt so incisively with the consequences
of alienation and social polarisation. The idea for the
film originated in an incident that Panahi and fellow filmmaker
Abbas Kiarostami read about in the news: a thief, trapped
by the security system inside a shop takes extreme action.
Panahi explains, "I became obsessed with this story: what
could have pushed a human being so far? Abbas ended up writing
a screenplay about this incident, tracing the events leading
up to it and discovering how and why such a horrifying thing
could occur."
Critics
''A
quietly brilliant film...poetic and precise, witty, profoundly
passionate.''
Time Out
Awards
Un
Certain Regard Jury Award, Cannes 2003
Links
An
interview with Jafar Panahi
Programme Notes
The
notes for this film are available here.
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Audience
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Directed
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Jafar
Panahi |
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Written
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Abbas
Kiarostami |
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Cast |
Hossain Emadeddin
Pourang Nakhael
Kamyar Sheisi
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Cert |
12A |
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Length |
1hr
36mins |
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Country |
Iran
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Language |
In
Farsi with English subtitles |
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