aka: Panj é asr
Iran 2003, 102 minutes
Dir. Samira Makhmalbaf
In Farsi, Kurdish with English subtitles
Rating: [PG]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama
Aroview: Delivering perhaps her most visually poetic, yet dramatically starkest work to date, the dir. of THE APPLE and BLACKBOARDS has a father and daughter traverse the rubble, dust and politics of modernday Afghanistan in search of a missing relative.
Rezaie plays the daughter, also pursuing ambitions of education and empowerment after the American 'liberation' of her country. Grappling with cultural conservatism, religious intolerance and the battered cityscapes of her home, this occasionally points a finger at the West for instigating social chaos, yet ultimately retains its own sense of tragic gravity.
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4 stars (Very Good) Unusual. 1st movie of Afghanistan after Taliban. Shows the idealism of young women despite their absolute poverty. Great landscapes & amazing scenes in ruined Presidential Palace. EXTRA with Director is a MUST; also her remarkable hands-on style. ~Anon
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