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The Apple (1998 film)

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The Apple
DVD cover
Directed bySamira Makhmalbaf
Written bySamira Makhmalbaf
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
StarringGhorban Ali Naderi
Azizeh Mohamadi
Massoumah Naderi
Zahra Naderi
Zahra Saghrisaz
Distributed byNew Yorker
Release date
February 19, 1999 (1999-02-19)
Running time
86 min.
CountryIran
LanguagePersian

The Apple is a 1999 film directed by Samira Makhmalbaf.

Release Date: February 19th, 1999 (NY); March 5th, 1999 (LA)

Language: Iranian with English subtitles

Iranian Title: Sib

Director: Samira Makhmalbaf (debut of the daughter of the acclaimed director of several Iranian films, including the recent Gabbeh)

Based Upon: This film is based upon a true story... and features the real people that truly lived it!

Premise: Two daughters are locked up by their parents, an unemployed man and his blind wife, for eleven years. Their neighbors call social workers to investigate the situation, and the results lead the girls on a bittersweet path to the rest of the world.