Movie

Secret Ballot

2001 · 105 min

A quiet, dryly funny road trip across a stark island, watching two mismatched people slowly understand each other.

Overview: A female election agent and a gun-toting soldier try to collect votes among the local islanders with mixed success.
How it feels: Satirical, warm, earnest and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Politics, identity, class, gender
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
identity
class
gender
isolation
Places: countryside
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Babak Payami
Written by: Babak Payami
Starring: Nassim Abdi, Cyrus Abidi, Youssef Habashi, Farrokh Shoja, Gholbahar Janghali
Runtime: 105 min
Country: Iran, Italy, Canada, Switzerland, Netherlands
Languages: Persian