Director Pooya Badkoobeh’s superb debut — Best First Film at 2018’s Fajr IFF — is a moral drama addressing social divisions and the soulless pursuit of wealth and status by the well-off classes in contemporary Iran. When alienated suburban teen Golsa (newcomer Negar Moghaddam, impressive) and her more-affluent friends decide to rob a grocery store just for kicks, it sets in motion a chain of unexpected events. “Badkoobeh’s ambitious, beautifully acted, and gorgeously shot work belies the fact that this is his first film. The moral ambiguity at its centre — Golsa is never particularly sympathetic and her actions have damaging consequences — demonstrates the maturity of focus and the thematic consistency of a veteran filmmaker” (VIFF).
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Sunday, December 16, 2018 - 4:00 pm
Monday, December 17, 2018 - 6:30 pm
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