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The Confrontation

2008 · 85 min

A quiet, contemplative Iranian drama that drifts across time, asking you to sit with its silences and piece together its fragments.

Directed by
Saeed Ebrahimifar
Genres
Drama
Starring
Hamidreza Pegah, Setare Eskandari, Maryam Moghaddam
Tagline
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Overview
Objects will last longer than people. Two knives face up again after nearly 100 years. Who knows, maybe this confrontation continues, maybe this story ends here.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Saeed Ebrahimifar
Genres
Drama
Starring
Hamidreza Pegah, Setare Eskandari, Maryam Moghaddam
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • memory
    • fate
    • death
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance2
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight6

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    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Saeed Ebrahimifar
    Starring
    Hamidreza Pegah, Setare Eskandari, Maryam Moghaddam, Niousha Zeighami, Pantea Panahiha, Arash Asefi
    Runtime
    85 min
    Country
    Iran
    Languages
    Persian

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