Azar
First screened in November 2017
Director: Mohammad Hamzei. Cast: Niki Karimi, Houman Seyyedi, Hasti Mahdavifar, Pejman Jamshidi, Farid Sajjadi Hosseini, Hamid Reza Azarang, Mania Alijani, Shirin Aghakashi, Mehran Nael, Parisa Hashem Pour, Maedeh Tahmasebi, Leyla Zareh, Hossein Maleki. Screenplay: Ehsan Biglari.

Twitter Capsule: Karimi's formidable and full of petulant vigor in well-plotted feminist character drama-cum-entrepreneurial suspense thriller.

VOR:   The sort of Iranian drama that goes perpetually unreleased in US markets, even though the script and messaging are potent and accessible.



Photo © 2017 Farabi Cinema Foundation

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B


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