This second Film-Thinking event featured The Mirror (Aynet), a 1997 Iranian film directed by Jafar Panahi. The post-screening conversation included Brown University faculty Shahzad Bashir, Director of the Center for Middle East Studies, Timothy Bewes, Interim Director of the Cogut Institute for the Humanities, and Samine Tabatabaei, Visiting Assistant Professor in Iranian Studies.
The Mirror
Iran, 1997 (95 mins)
Written and directed by Jafar Panahi
Cast: Mina Mohammad-Khani, Kazem Mojdehi, Naser Omuni, M. Shirzad, T. Samadpour | Production: Jafar Panahi and Vahid Nikkhah-Azzad | Cinematography: Farzad Jadat | Editing: Jafar Panahi | Assistant Director: Hassan Yektapanah | Sound: Mohammad Reza Delpak and Yadollah Najafi
Language: Persian with English subtitles
When a young girl becomes lost in the hustle and bustle of Tehran, her journey turns into a dazzling exercise on the nature of film itself. In this ingenious and daringly original feature, world renowned director Jafar Panahi (The White Balloon, Crimson Gold) has wrapped a blunt political critique inside the layers of a deceptively simple film. — [from video jacket]
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