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By Mike C (1,722) on 02 Mar 2008

While it would be unfair to categorize it as anything other than fiction, reality is so closely woven into it, one wonders if a documentary…

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By Nat G (121) on 18 Feb 2008

A Iranian movie that tells the story of a impoverished and religious father who kept his twin daughters locked up at home for the first 12…

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By Celestine W (3) on 10 Jan 2008

How impressive for an 18-year-old female director~…

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By Paul M (2,133) on 19 Dec 2007

Incredible!. I won't say much...get it now…

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By Tania M (101) on 09 Dec 2007

One of the most beautiful yet disturbing movies I've ever seen. One of my absolute favourites…

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By Nasimul H (25) on 04 Dec 2007

It's the debut for Samira, the daughter of great Mohsen Makhmalbaf. Samira created this documentary with humour and passion…

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By Nikki J (131) on 02 Nov 2007

It was fantastic. a real story of a man's fool…

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By Marianne H (30) on 25 Oct 2007

Brilliant - really woke me up to the fact of some really outstanding films from Iran…

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By Gavin M (668) on 23 Oct 2007

A strange movie, but very poignant, and also a very interesting look at life in another country…

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By Alexandra L (238) on 10 Oct 2007

Pauvres Zahra et Massoumeh! MÃªme mon papa a eu pitiÃ© d'elles... Samira Makhmalbaf a de qui tenir…

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By Adam N (131) on 20 Sep 2007

Shockingly poignant and necessary viewing for any beginning filmmaker…

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By Yrsa F (9) on 07 Aug 2007

Cult non-commercial viewing. Directed by a 17 year old Iranian female from the remarkable Makhmalbaf family…

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By Aditya K (64) on 24 Jun 2007

A sublime debut from the daughter of acclaimed Iranian film-maker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 'The Apple' charts the extremely restricted childhood…

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By Gavin L (110) on 12 Mar 2007

Made by a 17 year old Iranian girl, and a great symbolic film about women's freedom in the Muslim world…

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By Meg R (175) on 15 Oct 2006

Extreme docudrama: real people acting out their own life stories…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 20 Aug 2002

Presents a severe critique of the continued shabby treatment of women in patriarchial societies…

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By Peter Stack (261) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 02 Apr 2001

Veracity is undermined by the very idea that the subjects somehow are actors in their own story -- and yet The Apple is still quite touching…

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By Jeff Vice (1,455) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 02 Apr 2001

As that old axiom goes, truth is stranger than fiction. Unless, of course, the fiction in question is one that's based on some very strange truths…

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By Doris Toumarkine (464) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 02 Apr 2001

Samira Makhmalbaf was only 18 when she made The Apple, but it is a surprisingly mature, assured piece of work…

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By Ed Scheid (39) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 02 Apr 2001

The film would be more effective if, instead of covering just one day, it focused on the enduring effects of the girls' isolation…

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