As the west's trendy enthusiasm for post-Revolutionary Iranian cinema appears to be on the wane, it's comforting to find that at least some of Iran's best films are still making their way into U.S. theaters. Written by Kambuzia Partrovi, the screenwriter behind Jafar Panahi's masterful DAYEREH (THE CIRCLE) (2000), and directed by Kambuzia Partovi, this deeply humanistic drama is strongly reminiscent of the earlier, less self-referential films of Abbas Kiarostami. And for good reason: Kiarostami helped conceive the original story on which Partrovi based his screenplay. Mahmood (Nezam Manouchehri), a photographer from Tehran, and his beautiful wife (LEILA's Leila Hatam...
Released:
2002
Rated:
NR
Length:
88 mins