Another films by Panahi, and yet another success for him and the Iranian movie industry. This was parhaps the perfect timing for an Iranian movie to shine tonight in the Toronto Film Festival (Sep 2003), especially when in the very begining he dedicated his movie to late Zahra Kazemi, the murdered Iranian- Canadian journalist (who was brutally murdered under arrest in Iran).
The movie was very strong in its view towards the current lifestyle in Iran, with the main charactor Hussein who appears to be the second generation of "HAJJI" in Makhmalbaf's Marriage of the Blessed (Aroosie Khoobaan). Panahi's Hussein is the grown up Makhmalbaf's Hajji, after 25 years of revolution in Iran, with little if any future in Iran.
Panahi brilliantly spoke on behalf the middle class people of Iran, who are ost in the internal challenge of poverty and affluence in Iran, pressured by the tyrany of government and its security forces. The movie will bring Panahi lots of success abroad, but it's a pity that the movie is already banned in Iran. I hope all the fellow Iranians in Iran can also see the movie and enjoy Panahi's view.
Good luck Panahi, and long live Iran!
The movie was very strong in its view towards the current lifestyle in Iran, with the main charactor Hussein who appears to be the second generation of "HAJJI" in Makhmalbaf's Marriage of the Blessed (Aroosie Khoobaan). Panahi's Hussein is the grown up Makhmalbaf's Hajji, after 25 years of revolution in Iran, with little if any future in Iran.
Panahi brilliantly spoke on behalf the middle class people of Iran, who are ost in the internal challenge of poverty and affluence in Iran, pressured by the tyrany of government and its security forces. The movie will bring Panahi lots of success abroad, but it's a pity that the movie is already banned in Iran. I hope all the fellow Iranians in Iran can also see the movie and enjoy Panahi's view.
Good luck Panahi, and long live Iran!