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- 2003
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
- 2003
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
Summary An Iranian woman takes dramatic measures to save her home and family.
Directed By: Rakhshan Banietemad
Written By: Farid Mostafavi, Rakhshan Banietemad
- 2003
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
- 2003
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
Under the City's Skin
77
User Score
Generally Favorable
6.3
Summary An Iranian woman takes dramatic measures to save her home and family.
Directed By: Rakhshan Banietemad
Written By: Farid Mostafavi, Rakhshan Banietemad
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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92% Positive
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8% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
77
92% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
8% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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This splendid film is no mere polemic, for Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, often called the first lady of Iranian cinema, is above all an accomplished storyteller and dramatist who understands the evocative power of sound and image.
With understated skill and absolute authenticity, the film builds with enough layers that by its powerful ending, you'll feel as if you have been kicked in the stomach.
Under the Skin is distinguished, like so much contemporary Iranian cinema, by the way its striking visuals and strategic use of sound tell the underlying story.
Bani-Etemad's generational melodrama observes a blue-collar dynastic collapse worthy of Lillian Hellman, but stays steadfastly fixed on the quotidian of Tehran life.
Watching Tuba's proud girls disappear into anonymous clouds of chadors says more than any political diatribe could, and Bani-Etemad is wise enough to know it.
At times, Bani Etemad succeeds only too well at capturing the confusing rush of Adineh's family life--the film presents more subplots than it can follow thoroughly, until its final act snaps all that's come before into sharp focus.
Fast-paced, at times even a bit frantic, Under the Skin of the City is above all a mother-and-son story.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 4 User Ratings
6.3
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 4 User Ratings
6.3
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Production Company
Farabi Cinema Foundation
Release Date Mar 14, 2003
Duration 1 h 32 m
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Awards
Torino Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Moscow International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
