Synopsis
A semi-autobiographical account of Makhmalbaf's experience as a teenager 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.
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Cast
- Mirhadi TayebiThe Policeman
- Mohsen MakhmalbafThe Director
- Ali BakhsiThe Young Policeman
- Ammar TaftiThe Young Director
- Maryam MohamadaminiThe Young Woman
- Moharram ZaynalzadehMr. Zinal
- Hana Makhmalbaf
Recommendations
- 100
San Francisco Examiner
Turns into something like a screwball farce, an intimate, self-aware one. - 92
Mr. Showbiz
Normal ideas of truth, illusion, and representation are sent into the meat grinder, and the result is consistently disarming and beautiful. - 90
Chicago Reader
A fascinating humanist experiment and investigation in its own right, full of warmth and humor as well as mystery. - 80
Village Voice
A meditation-brilliant, humorous, and moving-on history and memory. - 80
The New York Times
Almost forbiddingly austere. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Finds the impassioned Makhmalbaf in a more contemplative, even whimsical, mood than usual. - 70
TV Guide Magazine
A fascinating fictional documentary. - 50
New York Post
Some wonderful films have come out of Iran in the past few years, but A Moment of Innocence, by highly regarded director Mohsen Makhmalbaf, is too smug and too self-indulgent to count as one of them.
