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Watch: آینه 1997 123movies, Full Movie Online – 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..
Plot: When a young girl’s mother doesn’t meet her after school, she tries to navigate the streets of Tehran by herself.
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Ratings:

	7.5/10 Votes: 2,872
	100% | RottenTomatoes
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	N/A Votes: 36 Popularity: 2.097 | TMDB

Reviews:

Clever but overlong.
I would love to know more about the making of this film. Is this film exactly as the director, Jafar Panahi, planned or did he simply adapt the film to circumstances? I’ll try to explain: The film begins with a primary school letting out for the day. All the children either take their bus or have their parents come for them. That is, everyone but tiny Mina (who appears to be about 6 or 7). When her mother doesn’t show, an irresponsible teacher sends her off with a well-meaning man–but soon she is separated from him and the child fends for herself–trying to zig-zag her way through the city to her home. However, Teheran is a city of 8,000,000–and the traffic is crazy busy–and so the child’s task seems impossible–especially since she doesn’t exactly know how to get home.

About 40% of the way through the film, the child suddenly announces that she is finished with the movie and is leaving. And, you see the camera crew and director! They beg the child to continue but she will not. However, they now decide to continue filming her–but from a distance. And, the reality and the film are about the same here, as the child does continue walking and looking for her home–just like her character.

The idea of this film is quite good and the Iranians have shown that you can make great films with child actors and not much in the way of plot (such as Majid Majidi’s “Children of Heaven”). However, although the idea of someone stepping out of the film is intriguing, the problem is that it happens way too early in the movie. Because of this, the pictures just goes on and on and on and it is simply way overlong. Had the film been 45 minutes or even an hour, it would have worked much better. But, at an hour and 42 minutes, it becomes quite dull and drags. Worth seeing for the insane film buff (like me)–otherwise you could do better. The only reason the film earns a 5 is the idea is sound and the little girl is pretty cute.

Pure cinematic experience
This is a pure concept: Director has chosen to play with two resources: camera and sound. No music, no SFX.

The story itself is quite surprising.

Sometimes, the lower the budget, the greater the creativity. The border between documentary and film is blurred, so the sense of “reality” is quite present and remains till the end.

The director also plays with the audience: there is a certain point when the viewer feels to be misplaced.

As Rene Magritte’s painting “la Vengeance”, in which the artist does not accept the inherent limitations of his art, he dares to paint outside the easel, that way Jafar Panahi goes beyond the usual simple structure of the movies.

Just for “independent advanced” movie goers.

9/10

Other Information:

Original Language fa
Runtime 1 hr 35 min (95 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated N/A
Genre Drama
Director Jafar Panahi
Writer Jafar Panahi
Actors Mina Mohammad Khani, Kazem Mojdehi, Naser Omuni
Country Iran
Awards 4 wins & 2 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1 (hard-matted)
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process N/A
Printed Film Format 35 mm