Appendix
aka Appandisit
First screened in November 2017
Director: Hossein Namazi. Cast: Anahita Nemati, Reza Akbarpour, Amir Ali Danaei, Pardis Manouchehri, Marjan Momeni, Mohammad Ali Kiani, Simon Simonian, Pegah Pourzarabian, Sepehrad Rahmani. Screenplay: Hossein Namazi.

Twitter Capsule: One of many recent Iranian movies made in the image of Farhadi. Some worthy tensions here. Almost as many convolutions.

VOR:   That conformity to Farhadi's basic templates comes at the expense of originality, especially as sources of conflict start feeling more forced.



Photo © 2017 Tandis Noghrei/Farabi Cinema Foundation

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B–


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