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  • Starring: Cyrus Abidi, Nassim Abdi
  • Summary: Set on election day in a remote area of Iran, this is the story of a conservative soldier (Abidi) and the liberal female pollster (Abdi) he is assigned to work with as they seek out voters.
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  1. Positive: 21 out of 25
  2. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. Payami's gentle comedy captures a subtle range of human feelings through a quietly inventive visual style that embodies the best life-affirming tendencies of modern Iranian film.
  2. A psychic journey deep into the very fabric of Iranian (and by extension, all) life.
  3. Reviewed by: Richard Corliss
    80
    The film's spare wit is as applicable to Broward County as to the Persian Gulf. Secret Ballot offers further evidence that an Islamic regime can foster humanist satires with a critical, political edge.
  4. Reviewed by: Carla Meyer
    50
    Too contemplative to be really funny.

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  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
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