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The Circle, 2000

Starring: Fereshteh Sadr Orafai, Mariam Palvin Almani, Nargess Mamizadeh, Elham Saboktakin

Directed by: Jafar Panahi

Written by: Kambozia Partovia

Language: Persian

Country: Iran, Switzerland, Italy

Runtime: 90 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:7.3

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The mood of The Circle is bleak, captivating, and sincere. The plot centers around injustice, friendship, and themes of life is a bitch. It is a drama and foreign movie. Stylistically, The Circle stars a strong female character and is New Wave. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. The Circle is set in Iran. The movie is known for being a Venice Festival winner and critically acclaimed.

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Banned 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.

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Language:	Persian
Country:	Iran, Switzerland, Italy
Release date:	1 March 2001
Runtime:	90 min

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Fereshteh Sadr Orafai

as Pari

Mariam Palvin Almani

as Arezou

Nargess Mamizadeh

as Nargess

Elham Saboktakin

as Nurse

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Variety

Both fascinates and horrifies with its bold assertions about what it means to be a woman under a cruel, institutionalized patriarchy. Full Review

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by: Deborah Young

Film.com

The fact that this film, so sensitive to woman's plight, was made by a man is perhaps cause for a little hope. Full Review

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by: Peter Brunette

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