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  • 1999
  • Not Rated
  • New Yorker Films
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 1999
  • Not Rated
  • New Yorker Films
  • 1 h 18 m
A Moment of Innocence

Summary Mohsen Makhmalbaf's film is based on his own experience as a young Islamic radical in 1974 when he attemped to stab a policeman and landed himself in prison for the act. Five years after his release from prison, the same policeman, then unemployed turned up to audition for one of Makhmalbaf's films. Makhmalbaf and the policeman each pl...

Directed By: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Written By: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

  • 1999
  • Not Rated
  • New Yorker Films
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 1999
  • Not Rated
  • New Yorker Films
  • 1 h 18 m

A Moment of Innocence

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
70
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings
6.0
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Summary Mohsen Makhmalbaf's film is based on his own experience as a young Islamic radical in 1974 when he attemped to stab a policeman and landed himself in prison for the act. Five years after his release from prison, the same policeman, then unemployed turned up to audition for one of Makhmalbaf's films. Makhmalbaf and the policeman each pl...

Directed By: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Written By: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
70
78% Positive
7 Reviews
11% Mixed
1 Review
11% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
70
78% Positive
7 Reviews
11% Mixed
1 Review
11% Negative
1 Review

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100
Turns into something like a screwball farce, an intimate, self-aware one.
By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW
92
Normal ideas of truth, illusion, and representation are sent into the meat grinder, and the result is consistently disarming and beautiful.
By Michael Atkinson FULL REVIEW
80
Finds the impassioned Makhmalbaf in a more contemplative, even whimsical, mood than usual.
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW
80
Almost forbiddingly austere.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
80
A meditation-brilliant, humorous, and moving-on history and memory.
By Leslie Camhi FULL REVIEW
50
Some wonderful films have come out of Iran in the past few years, but A Moment of Innocence, by highly regarded director Mohsen Makhmalbaf, is too smug and too self-indulgent to count as one of them.
By Jonathan Foreman FULL REVIEW
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Muddled and endless.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings
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22% Mixed
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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings
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56% Positive
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22% Mixed
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22% Negative
2 Ratings

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Production Company MK2 Productions, Makhmalbaf Film House, Makhmalbaf Productions, Pakhshiran
Release Date Nov 10, 1999
Duration 1 h 18 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Locarno International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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