A Moment of Innocence

1997 PG-13 1h 18m

7.6 / 10 110

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A semi-autobiographical account of an incident in Makhmalbaf's life when, as a 17-year-old, he stabbed a policeman at a protest rally. Two decades later, he tracks down the policeman he injured in an attempt to make amends.

Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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Mirhadi Tayebi Mohsen Makhmalbaf Ali Bakhsi

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CRCulver 23 Aug 2018

7/10

Though Mohsen Makhmalbaf eventually established a reputation as one of Iran's foremost filmmakers from the late 1980s, his early life was tumultuous: when he was 17, he stabbed a police officer at a protest against the Shah's regime and spent the next four years in prison, only being released after the Shah's overthrow. His 1996 film NUN VA GULDOON ("Bread and Flowerpot", released in the English-s...