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Moment of Innocence, A
New Yorker Films

Moment of Innocence, A reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 70 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.0 out of 10
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MPAA 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.


GENRE(S): Drama  
WRITTEN BY: Mohsen Makhmalbaf  
DIRECTED BY: Mohsen Makhmalbaf  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: June 21, 2005 
Theatrical: November 10, 1999 
RUNNING TIME: 78 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Iran / France 
LANGUAGE(S): Persian (with English subtitles) 

Also known as "Nun va Goldoon"

What The Critics Said

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100
San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
Turns into something like a screwball farce, an intimate, self-aware one.
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92
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.
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90
Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
A fascinating humanist experiment and investigation in its own right, full of warmth and humor as well as mystery.
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80
The New York Times Stephen Holden
Almost forbiddingly austere.
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80
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Finds the impassioned Makhmalbaf in a more contemplative, even whimsical, mood than usual.
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80
Village Voice Leslie Camhi
A meditation-brilliant, humorous, and moving-on history and memory.
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70
TV Guide Ken Fox
A fascinating fictional documentary.
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50
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.
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0
San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Muddled and endless.
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