At Five In The Afternoon (2003) Panj É Asr

Part of the Nowrūz And Persian Films

Director: Samira Makhmalbaf
Certificate: BBFC U
Length:
Format: Unknown
Language: Dari
Country: Iran
A story of an ambitious young woman trying to gain an education in Afghanistan after the defeat of the Taliban. The title comes from a Federico García Lorca poem and is a tale of flourishing against the odds.

At Five in the Afternoon was the first film to be shot in Kabul after the NATO invasion. It was an international co-production between the Iranian company Makhmalbaf Productions and the French companies Bac Films and Wild Bunch.

The film premiered at 2003 Cannes Film Festival and was awarded the Jury Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.

Other films in the Nowrūz And Persian Films:

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Film: A Separation (2011) + Introduction By Tina Gharavi

13 Mar 2013, 7:30 p.m.

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20

Film: Frontier Blues (2009)

20 Mar 2013, 7:30 p.m.

On Iran's northern frontier with Turkmenistan, the land of "heartbreak and tractors", first time director Babak Jalali mines absurdist humour and quiet pathos from the immutable routines of a stranded group of men.

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Film: Offside (2006)

27 Mar 2013, 7:30 p.m.

Girls try to watch a World Cup qualifying match in Stadium but are forbidden by law because of their sex. The film was inspired by the director's daughter, who decided to attend a game anyway. The film was shot in Iran but its screening was banned there

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Film: Taste Of Cherry (1997) Ta'm E Guilass

4 Apr 2013, 7:30 p.m.

Mr.Badii is planning to commit suicide and desperately seeks anyone to assist him - he has already dug out the grave in the mountains, but the assistant will have to bury him when he will do the deed.