Grim survey of the woman's lot in Iran (especially the woman, for whatever reason, outside the law), shot in a stark, spare, semi-documentary style. Like La Ronde (otherwise a very different movie), it has no one focal character, but keeps passing the baton as in a relay race. It can be a bit monotonous, not just in the long run, but in each of its individual legs. Directed by Jafar Panahi. (2000) — Duncan Shepherd
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