Just 6.5
aka Metri shesh va nim First screened in October 2019 / Most recently screened in December 2019
Director: Saeed Roustayi. Cast: Peyman Moaadi, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Houman Kiai, Ali Bagheri, Mehdi Hoseini-nia, Mostafa Hashemzehi, Maziar Seyedi, Asghar Piran, Yusef Khosravi, Parinaz Izadyar, Marjan Ghamari, Gity Ghasemi, Mohammad Ali Mohammadi, Javad Pourheidari. Screenplay: Chinonye Chukwu. Twitter Capsule:
Wowsers Iranian policier! Mannish scope, Friedkiny moods. POVs multiply, deepen, expand. Remarkably rich social analysis.
Second Capsule:
Imagine The Wire in Iran, in a novelistic yet propulsive 135 minutes. The first sequence alone is a total jaw-dropper. Get it, US distribs!
VOR:⑤
Totally atypical of more often-exported Iranian cinema. Without slackening pace, pulls off lithe structural and perspectival swerves. Socially bold, too.
