The Mirror

a JAFAR PANAHI picture

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Title

The Mirror

Director

Jafar Panahi

Producer

Vahid Nikkhah Azad, Jafar Panahi

Nationality

Iran

Year

1997

Duration

90'

Language

Farsi

Format

Mono

Ratio

1.85

Original Title

Ayneh

Synopsis

Synopsis

 

A young girl leaves school and discovers that her mother is not outside waiting. She boards what looks like the correct bus, but eventually realizes that she has gone the wrong way. A friendly driver begins to help the now irritable child. Suddenly she stops and announces “I don’t want to play this part anymore.” The film surprisingly becomes about making a film. The girl continues to be filmed without her knowledge… Neat twists from the director of the award-winning The White Balloon.

Synopsis

Stills

Press

"Scenes in Jafar Panahi’s powerful film ’’The Mirror’’ are so realistic that the movie has the feel of a documentary made with a hidden camera…’‘The Mirror’’ poses the deepest questions about illusion, reality and filmmaking. Its portrait of Teheran is unforgettable."

THE NEW YORK TIMES

"An Illuminating, Graceful Tale of Modern Iran…thoughts are evoked by Panahi with ease and spontaneity in his graceful, fluid film that captures so well the vitality of everyday life in bustling Tehran."

THE LA TIMES

"Superb."

TIME

Festivals
& Awards

Locarno Film Festival
Golden Leopard

Istanbul International Film Festival
Golden Tulip

Singapore IFF
Silver Screen Award for Best Asian Director

Valladolid International Film Festival
Nominated for Golden Spike

Cast & Crew

Mina Mohammad Khani
Aida Mohammad khani
Kazem Mojdehi
L. Chirzad
R. Mazdeni
T. Samadpour
N. Omourni
Director, Screenwriter, Editor Jafar Panahi
Producers Vahid Nikkhah Azad, Jafar Panahi
Director of Photography Farzad Jadat
Sound Yadollah Najali
Editor Jafar Panahi

Releases

Argentina - Primer Plano Film

28.10.1999

Tamasa Distribution

21.12.2011