Saturday, August 6, 2011

The Circle / Dayereh (2000)


Language: Persian

Actors: Nargess Mamizadeh, Maryiam Parvin Almani & Mojgan Faramarzi

Director: Jafar Panahi

As many of the other Panahi movies this one is also banned in his native Iran. This movie is about the challenges women face day to day in Iran. There isn’t a central character or hero in this movie, it is a sequence of events that happen in the lives of the subjects (women).

This is one movie where there is no start or an end as conventional movies have. That leaves the most important question, “What happens next ?” to the viewer's imagination.

Great watch, the last scene would even move a stone. Another Panahi masterpiece.

2 comments:

  1. this is really a superwatch! thanks raja! you have reignited the panahi fever! the white balloon is up next! just felt like watching it again!

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  2. @CRN: Thank you !! Glad you loved it...

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