6.6
To Die For
1995
A Moment of Innocence (1997)
April 9, 19971h 18mFA
7.6
110 votes
Overview
A semi-autobiographical account of an incident in Makhmalbaf's life when, as a 17-year-old, he stabbed a policeman at a protest rally. Two decades later, he tracks down the policeman he injured in an attempt to make amends.
Director
Mohsen MakhmalbafWriter
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
Persian
Budget
N/A
Revenue
$38K
Production Companies
PakhshiranMK2 Films
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7.0Though Mohsen Makhmalbaf eventually established a reputation as one of Iran's foremost filmmakers from the late 1980s, his early life was tumultuous: when he was 17, he stabbed a police officer at a protest against the Shah's regime and spent the next four years in prison, only being released after the Shah's overthrow. His 1996 film NUN VA GULDOON ("Bread and Flowerpot", released in the English-speaking world as "A Moment of Innocence") looks back at this episode from his youth, attempting to jointly evoke both the red-hot passion against political injustice of a young man and his older, wise…
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