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  The Illiac Passion 1967

  ★★★½ Watched 12 Feb 2025

  do not seek to understand

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  Tehran Is the Capital of Iran 1966

  ★★½ Watched 26 Dec 2024

  i work from morning till noon just to earn a piece of bread, which i have to swallow with my heart's blood. what kind of living is this?

  a poignant critique of iranian society during the reign of mohammad reza pahlavi, which was characterized by rapid modernization and development efforts, publicly depicted through state-produced propaganda. thus narratives like shirdel's, which focused on the respective poverty and inequality of the lower class, were censored, obfuscated, and banned; it makes sense why…

Popular reviews

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  A Brighter Summer Day 1991

  ★★★★★ Watched 18 Jul 2017

  Midway through this film I thought to myself, "What if?" and yet by the end I was still helplessly vulnerable.

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  Love & Pop 1998

  ★★★★ Watched 04 Jun 2017 1

  Rated this highly mostly because I felt as if the film spoke to me directly. I obviously can't identify with Hiromi's exact situation, but oddly enough her situation applied to mine so aptly that by the end of the film I sympathized with her more than any other movie character to date.

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