N/N The Mirror - True/False Film Fest

N/N The Mirror

In the center of Tehran, as the day comes to a close, a young first grader named Mina (played by Mina Mohammad-Khani) walks out of her school and discovers that her mother is nowhere to be found. Impatient, and with one arm in a sling, she decides to find her own way home. Mina boards a bus and listens in on the various conversations unfolding around her. That bus, it turns out, is heading the wrong direction. Eventually, a frustrated Mina does something surprising. Jafar Panahi, then a protégé of Close-Up director Abbas Kiarostami, directed this playfully reflexive 1997 film. (CB) Screens for free as a part of the Neither/Nor Film Series. Neither/Nor is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
Director: Jafar Panahi
Runtime: 1:35
Fest Year: 2014
When her mother fails to show up, a young first grader attempts to walk home from school in this 1997 film from Jafar Panahi. Screens for free as a part of the Neither/Nor Film Series.