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The Mirror

Original title: Ayneh
  • 19971997
  • 1h 35m
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7.5/10
2.9K
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Mina Mohammad Khani in The Mirror (1997)
Drama
When a young girl becomes lost in the hustle and bustle of Tehran, her journey turns into a dazzling exercise on the nature of film itself.When a young girl becomes lost in the hustle and bustle of Tehran, her journey turns into a dazzling exercise on the nature of film itself.When a young girl becomes lost in the hustle and bustle of Tehran, her journey turns into a dazzling exercise on the nature of film itself.
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2.9K
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    • Jafar Panahi
    • Jafar Panahi
  • Stars
    • Mina Mohammad Khani
    • Kazem Mojdehi
    • Naser Omuni
    • Jafar Panahi
    • Jafar Panahi
  • Stars
    • Mina Mohammad Khani
    • Kazem Mojdehi
    • Naser Omuni
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    Naser Omuni
    M. Shirzad
    T. Samadpour
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      In a 2006 interview, Panahi said that the film was meant to show how "reality and the imagination are intertwined, they are very similar". Also he mentioned about how the film is staged in a way which normally nobody would suspect was drama but would instead believe was real.
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    9/10
    Pure cinematic experience
    This is a pure concept: Director has chosen to play with two resources: camera and sound. No music, no SFX.

    The story itself is quite surprising.

    Sometimes, the lower the budget, the greater the creativity. The border between documentary and film is blurred, so the sense of "reality" is quite present and remains till the end.

    The director also plays with the audience: there is a certain point when the viewer feels to be misplaced.

    As Rene Magritte's painting "la Vengeance", in which the artist does not accept the inherent limitations of his art, he dares to paint outside the easel, that way Jafar Panahi goes beyond the usual simple structure of the movies.

    Just for "independent advanced" movie goers.

    9/10
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    • inioi
    • Dec 12, 2015

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      • November 25, 1998 (United States)
      • Iran
      • sourehcinema
      • Persian
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      • Tehran, Iran
    • Production company
      • Rooz Film
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    • 1 hour 35 minutes
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