Careless Crime
aka Jenayat-e bi deghat
First screened in October 2020 / Most recently screened in October 2025

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Director: Shahram Mokri. Cast: Abolfazl Kahani, Mohammad Sareban, Behzad Dorani, Mahmoud Behraznia, Razie Mansori, Babak Karimi, Adel Yaraghi, Masoumeh Beigi, Elaheh Bakhshi, Siavash Cheraghipour, Mehdi Aboohamzeh. Screenplay: Nasim Ahmadpour and Shahram Mokri.

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Photo © 2020 Karnameh Institute of Art & Culture, © 2022 Dead Crocodile Films

In Brief: Mokri deploys his penchants for oners and time loops to stoke uneasy dialogue between two flashpoint eras in Iran.

VOR: ⑤  Mokri's signatures Verge on tics, but this is novel, formally adventurous, rich in ideas, and politically and historically attuned.

Grade: A–

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