Party acted documentary with the Afghani film maker in the leading role. The film opens with a fragment from The Taste of Cherry by Abbas Kiarostami, indeed the famous dialogue in a car between the protagonist and the hitchhiker about suicide. The film maker looks at the fragment on a monitor and is clearly upset. And also inspired, that much will become apparent, because his ensuing quest (which also takes him to the Dutch embassy) for a document to improve his position is not free of the influence of Kiarostami.
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The Skywalk is Gone
Small-scale, refined urban story that balances between fiction and documentary. Tsai demonstrates on just what minimal means he can manage.
Film details
- Country of production
- Iran
- Year
- 2001
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2003
- Length
- 25"
- Medium/Format
- Betacam SP PAL
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