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We meet at landmarks like the Cedar Lee, Capitol, Cinematheque, Art Museum, or a university/ library and often walk to a locally owned restaurant to engage others on the film's true meaning.
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It was just an accident - Cedar Lee - Aladdins
Cedar Lee Theatre, 2163 Lee Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH, USThere were about 3 American films that sounded good, but I wanted to see a film that will stay with me long aftert I am out of the theater.
This Iranian film will show you what a director can do with the budget 1/100th of a hollywood film.
It was filmed in secret.
MOVIE
Meet before in the lobby and after near the ticket booth.
6:45
Aladdins is 5ish minute drive west on Cedar near Fairmount.DESCRIPTION
Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his former sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid gathers several former prisoners, all abused by that same captor, to try and confirm Eghbal's identity. As the bickering group drives around Tehran with the captive, they must confront how far to take matters into their own hands with their presumed tormentor. From master filmmaker Jafar Panahi comes a searing moral thriller that engages with complex ideas about the uncertainty of the truth and the choice between revenge and mercy, as Panahi turns his personal dissonance into a profound and galvanizing work of art.
TrailerROTTEN TOMATOES 97
REVIEW
“This is what films do best, deliver a complex geo-political-cultural topic and put it on human terms. The actors in this story are most likely not acting … they're are in a real emotional horror that has plagued them either symbolically or directly.”
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