The Apple (1998): BFI Southbank, NFT3, 6.10pm
This 35mm presentation is part of the 'Woman with a Movie Camera' season and will be introduced by programmer Jelena Milosavljevic.
Time Out review:
Directed by the 18-year-old daughter of Mohsen Makhmalbaf (who wrote and
edited this film), this tells the story of two gauche, innocent girls
suddenly let loose on the streets of Tehran (by a pleasingly determined
social worker) after being kept locked indoors for twelve years by their
impoverished, elderly father and their blind, deeply insecure mother.
Like so many Iranian films about children, it's simplicity itself in
terms of its narrative, but cute charm is effectively offset by the
harsh, unsentimental portrait of family life based on inflexibly strict,
finally self-serving traditions. It's a witty, gentle but often
surprisingly acerbic little movie, slowly working its way towards a
quite devastating final shot which underlines the need for an open heart
and mind.
Geoff Andrew
Here (and above) is an extract.
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