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| IFC Midnight | Release Date: January 29, 2021 |
Starring:
Ali Kousheshi, Amir Ali Hosseini, Armin Amiri, Armin Mehr, Boshra Haghighi, Cara Fuqua, Elester Latham, George Maguire, Gia Mora, Golbarg Khavari, Hana Rahimzadeh, Kathreen Khavari, Leah Oganyan, Lily V.K., Michael Graham, Niousha Jafarian, Niousha Noor, Sam Tarazandehpour, Shahab Hosseini, Steph Martinez
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RogerEbert.com
Jan 29, 2021
Jan 26, 2021
Oct 29, 2020
Featuring excellent performances by Shahab Hosseini (“A Separation,” “The Salesman”) and Niousha Jafarian (“Here and Now”) as a married couple with a baby daughter and a frayed relationship, this predominantly Farsi-language production sneaks up on viewers and delivers a knockout final act.
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Jan 28, 2021
Ahari’s script is perhaps too focused on the secrets of its central couple, which are compelling but foreshadowed in a belabored way. By the end, the emotional catharsis is dulled somewhat by the sheer obviousness of it all, not to mention the convoluted route Ahari takes to get there.
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Jan 28, 2021
The Film Stage
Jan 28, 2021
As a journey inward into the roiling waves of memory and regret, Ahari fulfills his promise with an unapologetic air of penance and disgrace. That its success happens despite his exploitation of Neda as a character and woman doesn’t, however, negate that egregious misstep. And the latter being highly triggering unfortunately renders any blind recommendation of the former a reckless proposition.
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