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Moment of Innocence, A

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Based on 9 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Directed by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Release Date:
Theatrical: November 10, 1999
DVD: June 21, 2005
Running Time: 78 minutes, Color
Origin: Iran / France
Language(s): Persian (with English subtitles)
Summary
RATING: Not rated
Starring Ali Bakhsi, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Ammar Tafti, and Mirhadi Tayebi
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 play themselves in the film.
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What The Critics Said
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San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
Turns into something like a screwball farce, an intimate, self-aware one.
Read Full Review >Mr. Showbiz Michael Atkinson
Normal ideas of truth, illusion, and representation are sent into the meat grinder, and the result is consistently disarming and beautiful.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
A fascinating humanist experiment and investigation in its own right, full of warmth and humor as well as mystery.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Finds the impassioned Makhmalbaf in a more contemplative, even whimsical, mood than usual.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Leslie Camhi
A meditation-brilliant, humorous, and moving-on history and memory.
Read Full Review >New York Post Jonathan Foreman
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.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
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