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  • Summary: Recently released from prison, Ali attempts to make the most of his return to Tehran, amidst much talk of the upcoming elections and promises of change. Forced to work nights, he still tries to spend as much time as he can with his wife and their young daughter, escaping the stress of urban life through hunting trips to the secluded forest north of the city. But one day, Ali’s family goes missing-and after a long and fruitless experience with the police, Ali’s own search for his missing daughter ends in horror, pushing him over the edge into an act of terrible violence. He flees the city, pursued by the police, but soon the line between hunter and hunted becomes difficult to define. (Olive Films)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
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  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Ryan Lattanzio
    Mar 29, 2012
    100
    The plot is spare, but unsettling imagery elevates The Hunter to the level of pure cinema.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    Jan 3, 2012
    90
    The clammy chill that pervades The Hunter, the fourth feature film by the Iranian director Rafi Pitts, seeps under your skin as you wait for its grim, taciturn protagonist to detonate.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    Jan 5, 2012
    60
    His story, like the current release "A Separation," shows a glimpse inside Iran of everyday reversals of fortune, and how easy it is to get caught in the crosshairs of bureaucracy, bad judgment and bad luck.

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  1. MorriBey
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