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The Circle (DVD, 2002)

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Actors ‏ : ‎ Nargess Mamizadeh, Maryiam Parvin Almani, Mojgane Faramarzi, Elham Saboktakin, Monire Arab. Director ‏ : ‎ Jafar Panahi. Producers ‏ : ‎ Jafar Panahi. Original Genuine UK Release. Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1.

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The story of the lives of three Iranian women who must fend for themselves after being released from a penal institution.

Product Identifiers

ProducerJafar Panahi

EAN5021866212302

eBay Product ID (ePID)3945250

Product Key Features

Film/TV TitleThe Circle

ActorMonir Arab, Elham Saboktakin, Maryiam Parvin Almani, Fatemeh Naghavi, Fereshteh Sadr Orafai, Mojgan Faramarzi, Nargess Mamizadeh

DirectorJafar Panahi

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

FormatDVD

Release Year2002

LanguageFarsi

FeaturesTheatrical Trailer\Production Notes\Filmographies, With Subtitles

Run Time87 Mins

GenreDrama, General

Additional Product Features

CertificatePG

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureIran

Director of PhotographyBahram Badakhshani

ReviewsSight and Sound - ...THE CIRCLE uses the quests of its characters to provide a subtle and original evocation of city life..., Entertainment Weekly - ...[Panahi] graduates to a new elegance of vocabulary..., Rolling Stone - ...A political fireball....A raw, riveting film..., Los Angeles Times - ...Restrained yet powerful, devastating in its emotional effects, THE CIRCLE is a landmark in Iranian cinema..., New York Times - ...One of the deepest impressions THE CIRCLE leaves is of the terrifying but also in its way thrilling complexity of experience...

Additional InformationBanned in Iran, Jafar Panahi's THE CIRCLE is set almost entirely on the busy streets of Tehran - a place where women are restricted by numerous laws, including a repressive dress code, and can only travel accompanied by a man. The beginning of the film focuses on two women, Arezou (Mariam Palvin Almani) and Nargess (Nargess Mamizadeh), who have been given temporary leave from prison and have no intension of returning. They attempt to flee to Nargess's hometown, which she claims is as beautiful as a Van Gogh painting, but are deterred by police. Meanwhile, their friend Pari (Fereshteh Sadr Orfani), who has just escaped from jail, is pregnant and needs an abortion. Panahi's lens continues to shift from one woman to another as this eye-opening tale circles back on itself. More serious in tone than the director's brilliant, lighthearted debut, THE WHITE BALLOON, THE CIRCLE shares many of its technical and narrative flourishes, making it another example of Iranian cinema at its best and most politically aware.

Movie/TV TitleThe Circle

Sound sourceDolby Digital

ScreenwriterKambozia Partovia, Jafar Panahi

EditorJafar Panahi