Jafar Panahi directs Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari and Ebrahim Azizi in this Iranian satire where a family’s car trouble brings them into the path of someone with dark intentions.

The less you know about this one the better. The first act is crammed full of playful mystery and building suspense. Ever so gripping. Once you get a grip on certain characters motivations then a different film emerges. It shifts into comedy. A sort of PTSD farce. More Little Miss Sunshine in a corrupt regime. And then towards the end we lurch across tones again. Some of the non-professional performances are very good.

7

Perfect Double Bill: Crimson Gold (2004)

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