As entertainment, this little shown Iranian piece is heavy sledding. The Shah's police arrest a teenager for leafleting. There is minimal plotting and the characters are indistinct. As a depiction of the grim conditions in a sixties boys prison however it carries conviction.
Shot in the blue yellow color of their industry, this film is another demonstration of the wish to get away from the Hollywood model, more admirable than the humiliating SALAAM CINEMA. It may be a tribute to director Jaili's efforts that an outside audience is left uneasy watching this study in past humiliation which some observers saw as a comment on the present - certainly a film that needs footnotes.
Shot in the blue yellow color of their industry, this film is another demonstration of the wish to get away from the Hollywood model, more admirable than the humiliating SALAAM CINEMA. It may be a tribute to director Jaili's efforts that an outside audience is left uneasy watching this study in past humiliation which some observers saw as a comment on the present - certainly a film that needs footnotes.
