The Mirror (1997)
Ayneh (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 1h 35min
- Drama
- 25 Nov 1998 (USA)
- Movie
When a young girl becomes lost in the hustle and bustle of Tehran, her journey turns into a dazzling exercise on the nature of film itself.
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Awards:
- 4 wins & 1 nomination.
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Cast
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Mina Mohammad Khani | ... |
Little Girl / Mina
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Kazem Mojdehi |
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Naser Omuni |
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M. Shirzad |
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T. Samadpour |
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Directed by
| Jafar Panahi | ||
Written by
| Jafar Panahi | ... | () |
Produced by
| Vahid Nikkhah Azad | ... | producer (as Vahid Nikkhah-Azzad) |
| Jafar Panahi | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| Farzad Jadat | ||
Editing by
| Jafar Panahi | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Hassan Yektapanah | ... | first assistant director |
Sound Department
| Mohammad Reza Delpak | ... | sound |
| Yadollah Najafi | ... | sound |
| Ali Nouri | ... | sound mixer |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Primer Plano Film Group (1999) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Moskwood Media (2000) (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Moskwood Media (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Kino Video (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- Tamasa Distribution (2011) (France) (theatrical)
- Alliance Media & Entertainment (2018) (India) (All Rights for SAARC countries)
- The Criterion Channel (2022) (United States) (tv) (streaming)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
When a young girl becomes lost in the hustle and bustle of Tehran, her journey turns into a dazzling exercise on the nature of film itself. In this ingenious and daringly original feature, world renowned director Jafar Panahi (The White Balloon, Crimson Gold) has wrapped a blunt political critique inside the layers of a deceptively simple film. Written by [from video jacket] |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | In a 2006 interview, Panahi said that the film was meant to show how "reality and the imagination are intertwined, they are very similar". Also he mentioned about how the film is staged in a way which normally nobody would suspect was drama but would instead believe was real. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in This Is Not a Film (2011). See more » |