The Apple (1998 film)

The Apple
Japanese film poster
Directed by	Samira Makhmalbaf
Written by	Samira Makhmalbaf Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Starring	Ghorban Ali Naderi Azizeh Mohamadi Massoumah Naderi Zahra Naderi Zahra Saghrisaz
Distributed by	New Yorker
Release dates	27 May 1998 (1998-05-27)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Iran
Language	Persian and Azerbaijani

The Apple (Persian: سیب‎‎, translit. Sib) is the 1998 directorial debut by Samira Makhmalbaf, daughter of Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The film is based on a true story and features the real people that actually lived it. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Plot

Two daughters are locked up by their parents; an unemployed man and his blind wife, for eleven years. Their neighbours call social workers to investigate the situation and the results lead the girls on a bittersweet path to the rest of the world.

Cast

Massoumeh Naderi - Massoumeh
Zahra Naderi - Zahra
Ghorban Ali Naderi - Father
Azizeh Mohamadi - Azizeh
Zahra Saghrisaz

References

↑ "Festival de Cannes: The Apple". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-10-03.

External links

The Apple at the Internet Movie Database
The Naderi twins at www.feralchildren.com at the Wayback Machine (archived September 30, 2010)

Films directed by Samira Makhmalbaf

The Apple (1998) Blackboards (2000) 11'09"01 September 11 (2002) At Five in the Afternoon (2003)

Sutherland Trophy winning films

Tokyo Story (1958)
The World of Apu (1959)
L'Avventura (1960)
Il Posto (1961)
Paris Belongs to Us (1962)
Muriel (1963)
Hamlet (1964)
Pierrot le Fou (1965)
The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short (1966)
Samurai Rebellion (1967)
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)
L'Amour fou (1969)
The Conformist (1970)
Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971)
The Hour of the Furnaces (1972)
Pirosmani (1973)
Martha (1974)
The Travelling Players (1975)
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Hitler: A Film from Germany (1977)
The Scenic Route (1978)
The Herd (1979)
The Falls (1980)
Two Stage Sisters (1980)
No Mercy, No Future (1981)
Elippathayam (1982)
Sans Soleil (1983)
This Is My Country (1984)
Yellow Earth (1985)
Comrades (film) (1986)
The Terrorizers (1987)
Yeelen (1987)
Pathfinder (1989)
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1990)
On the Wire (1991)
Proof (1992)
Vacas (1993)
The Scent of Green Papaya (1994)
The Silences of the Palace (1995)
Bob's Weekend (1996)
The Life of Jesus (1997)
The Apple (1998)
Ratcatcher (1999)
You Can Count On Me (2000)
The Warrior (2001)
Carnage (2002)
Osama (2003)
Tarnation (2004)
For the Living and the Dead (2005)
Red Road (2006)
Persepolis (2007)
Tulpan (2008)
Ajami (2009)
The Arbor (2010)
Las Acacias (2011)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
Ilo Ilo (2013)
The Tribe (2014)
The Witch (2015)
Raw (2016)

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