Farhang Akhavan

  • Abbas Kiarostami – Mashgh-e Shab aka Homework (1989)

    1981-1990Abbas KiarostamiDocumentaryIran

    According to Kiarostami, “Homework” is not a film, but rather a filmed inquiry motivated by the Iranian educational problems his own children brought home every night from school. In the delightful result, young scholars are questioned on camera by Kiarostami himself: backs to the wall, framed in close-up, they face the camera and talk about excessive amounts of homework, the allure of TV cartoons, and the punishment that results from temptation.Read More »

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