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- 2002
- G
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 40 m
- 2002
- G
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 40 m
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.
Directed By: Babak Payami
Written By: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Babak Payami
- 2002
- G
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 40 m
- 2002
- G
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 40 m
Secret Ballot
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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.
Directed By: Babak Payami
Written By: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Babak Payami
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
75
84% Positive
21 Reviews
21 Reviews
16% Mixed
4 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
75
84% Positive
21 Reviews
21 Reviews
16% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Secret Ballot is an education hiding in a comedy, a parablelike portrait of the irresistible forces of modernization and democracy meeting the immovable inertia of tradition, culture and power relations written in the blood of the past.
Secret Ballot, which has a rich, spare score by Michael Galasso that blends Eastern and Western motifs, is funny, provocative, well-paced and leaves a memorable bittersweet aftertaste.
Charms with its amalgam of absurdity, optimism, humor, and avuncular regard for the million small daily chores, rituals, suspicions, and courtesies of dwellers on even the sparsest spots on earth.
A funny, puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving.
A beguiling, slow-moving parable.
With its endless takes of characters silently waiting, say, or getting out of bed, this is the kind of film that can be seen only after a full night's sleep. But it is also clever, funny and sometimes moving.
A very minor contribution to the great corpus of Iranian cinema that has emerged in the last 20 years.
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Production Company
Payam Films,
Fabrica,
Sharmshir,
Rai Cinema,
Fondazione Monte Cinema Verità,
Hubert Bals Fund
Release Date Aug 9, 2002
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating G
Tagline A human comedy by Babak Payami
Awards
Venice Film Festival
• 5 Wins & 6 Nominations
São Paulo International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Valladolid International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
