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Brick and Mirror

Original title: Khesht va Ayeneh
  • 19651965
  • 2h 6m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
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Khesht va Ayeneh (1965)
  • Drama
Hashem (Zakariya Hashemi) is a cab driver who finds an infant child in the back seat of his cab one night after he gives a ride to a young woman. He and his girlfriend, Taji (Taji Ahmadi), t... Read allHashem (Zakariya Hashemi) is a cab driver who finds an infant child in the back seat of his cab one night after he gives a ride to a young woman. He and his girlfriend, Taji (Taji Ahmadi), try to cope with this unwanted child. Hashem insists on getting rid of the child, Taji on k... Read allHashem (Zakariya Hashemi) is a cab driver who finds an infant child in the back seat of his cab one night after he gives a ride to a young woman. He and his girlfriend, Taji (Taji Ahmadi), try to cope with this unwanted child. Hashem insists on getting rid of the child, Taji on keeping him.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
682
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  • Director
    • Ebrahim Golestan
  • Writer
    • Ebrahim Golestan
  • Stars
    • Taji Ahmadi
    • Zackaria Hashemi
    • Goli Bozorgmehr
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  • Director
    • Ebrahim Golestan
  • Writer
    • Ebrahim Golestan
  • Stars
    • Taji Ahmadi
    • Zackaria Hashemi
    • Goli Bozorgmehr
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    Taji Ahmadi
    Taji Ahmadi
    • Tajias Taji
    Zackaria Hashemi
    Zackaria Hashemi
    • Hashemas Hashem
    Goli Bozorgmehr
    Masoud Faghih
    Parviz Fanizadeh
    Parviz Fanizadeh
    Manuchehr Farid
    Ghaffar Hosseinpoor
    Mohamad Ali Keshavarz
    Mohamad Ali Keshavarz
    Jamshid Mashayekhi
    Jamshid Mashayekhi
    • Police Officeras Police Officer
    Mehri Mehrnia
    Mehri Mehrnia
    • Woman in the ruinsas Woman in the ruins
    Akbar Meshkin
    Akbar Meshkin
    Jalal Moghadam
    Pari Saberi
    Pari Saberi
    Forugh Farrokhzad
    Forugh Farrokhzad
    • Woman in taxias Woman in taxi
    • (uncredited)
    Ebrahim Golestan
    Ebrahim Golestan
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      • Ebrahim Golestan
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      • Ebrahim Golestan
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    Hashem (Zakariya Hashemi) is a cab driver who finds an infant child in the back seat of his cab one night after he gives a ride to a young woman. He and his girlfriend, Taji (Taji Ahmadi), try to cope with this unwanted child. Hashem insists on getting rid of the child, Taji on keeping him. —Albin Pepe
    • new economy
    • petty bourgeois
    • class struggle
    • class society
    • beggar
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      • Drama
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      Ebrahim Golestan's directorial film debut.

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    1/10
    Tortuous Experience
    If you like LOTS of baby screaming, this is the film for you. If you like Godard films where if someone asks what time it is and you get a ten minute head-rattling dissertation on the meaning of time, this is the film for you. It's not bad film-making but it's truly horrible film content.

    I understand those who want to intellectualize this film into being something it is not but for those grounded in reality be prepared for boredom on an epic scale - with LOTS of baby screaming for a soundtrack. I have nothing against anti-plot films and I like films that have something to say. But an endless string of characters spouting high school philosophy in the guise of being profound is mind numbing. What an ordeal.
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    • CherryBlossomSamurai
    • Jul 17, 2016

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    • Release date
      • 1965 (Iran)
    • Country of origin
      • Iran
    • Official site
      • sourehcinema
    • Language
      • Persian
    • Also known as
      • Khesht va Ayeneh
    • Filming locations
      • Tehran, Iran
    • Production company
      • Studio Golestan
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 6 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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