The Apple (1998 film)
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Directed by | Samira Makhmalbaf |
Written by | Samira Makhmalbaf Mohsen Makhmalbaf |
Starring | Ghorban Ali Naderi Azizeh Mohamadi Massoumah Naderi Zahra Naderi Zahra Saghrisaz |
Distributed by | New Yorker |
Release date | February 19, 1999 |
Running time | 86 min. |
Country | Iran |
Language | Persian |
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.