Word: kiarostami
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Dates: during 1996-1996
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Panahi, formerly an assistant to Iran's master filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami (who did the script for The White Balloon), labors under a far more censorious burden than any Hollywood director. Yet his sly comedy is wonderfully open to life's coincidences and consequences; it shows an uncondescending interest in children even as it is alert to their gamin guile. His film deserves viewers, supporters--perhaps even a statuette...