A thematically rich film that probes strained solidarity and social repression between different generations of women. The mystery slowly reveals the suffocating cultural forces closing in around them. By focusing on Panahi rather than his wife, the film becomes too self-reflexive, keeping me at arm's length. The opening undercuts some of the depth before it can fully take hold.
A thematically rich film that probes strained solidarity and social repression between different generations of women. The mystery slowly reveals the suffocating cultural forces closing in around them. By focusing on Panahi rather than his wife, the film becomes too self-reflexive, keeping me at arm's length. The opening undercuts some of the depth before it can fully take hold.
