Picture Woody Allen directing Se7en in Iran – and you might end up with something like this absurdist black comedy that dives headlong into the nation’s neuroses, using its serial killer pretext to rattle every conceivable cage with glee. Refreshingly irreverent, lavishly entertaining and darkly cynical all at once.
A director blacklisted by the Iranian authorities finds himself at the heart of a bizarre criminal investigation: he’s suspected of being the psycho killer who’s currently in the news for beheading Iran’s auteur directors one by one. If Woody Allen had made Se7en and set it in Iran, the result might have been very much like this absurdist black comedy that dives headlong into the nation’s neuroses. Irreverent and darkly entertaining, it’s yet another fine example of the...
Feature film , Comedy drama
IRAN | 107 minutes | 2018
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