Cineaste, June 22nd, 2001
Directed by Dariush Mehrjui. Starring Leila Hatami, Ali Mosaffa, and Jamileh Sheikhi. VHS, color, 129 mins.; Farsi with English subtitles. Distributed by First Run Features, 153 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10014.
Although it should no longer sound strange to refer to Iran as a 'powerhouse' of world cinema, how little we really know of that country's achievement--not just important films but the social-historical conditions out of which they emerged--is sufficient to give us pause. A case in point is Darius Mehrjui, whose seventeen surprisingly literate character studies have garnered a repu...
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