A Few Kilometers Away
Chand kilometr dortar
The car, a small private world in itself, is regularly used in Iranian cinema as a primary location. This is also the case in A Few Kilometers Away. A 40-year-old woman gives a pregnant hitchhiker a lift. She has to draw a painful conclusion. Cleverly constructed confrontation.
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Film details
- Country of production
- Iran
- Year
- 2013
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2013
- Length
- 17"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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