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Mina Mohammad Khani, Kadem Mojdehi, Kazem Mojdehi, M. Shirzad, Naser Omuni ... see more see more... , T. Samadpour

The story is rather thin, but the neat twists make this Iranian drama, of a feisty little girl trying to find her way home, interesting. The girl's journey begins when she exits school and discovers t... read more read more...hat her mother is not outside awaiting her. Worried, the child, garbed in traditional clothes and sporting a cast, calls home, but no one answers. Though she doesn't know her own address, she is pretty sure she can find her way and so boards what looks like the correct bus. During the journey she watches the people around her. When they finally arrive at the terminus, she realizes that she has gone the wrong way. A friendly driver puts matters to rights, but by this time the child has become petulant and it is at this time that the course of the film surprisingly transcends itself to become a film about making a film. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 33 min.

Directed by: Jafar Panahi

Release Date: November 25, 1998

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DVD Release Date: April 5, 2005

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Jeffrey M. Anderson
July 28, 2005
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

A worthy and captivating picture. Full Review

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
February 13, 2002
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

Jafar Panahi's absorbing, innovative drama about the disarming ways in which children express their own distinct personalities without modesty or grandiosity. Full Review

Dennis Schwartz
December 27, 2001
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

It becomes a film within a film that reveals the art that goes into making a film. Full Review

Derek Elley
March 26, 2009
Derek Elley, Variety

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Stephen Holden
September 26, 2002
Stephen Holden, New York Times

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Edward Guthmann
April 20, 2001
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle

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Emanuel Levy
July 2, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Marjorie Baumgarten
October 2, 2002
Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle

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Marty Mapes
September 26, 2002
Marty Mapes, Movie Habit

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Shlomo Schwartzberg
September 26, 2002
Shlomo Schwartzberg, Boxoffice Magazine

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