The Apple
After twelve years of imprisonment by their own parents, two Iranian sisters are finally released by social workers to face the outside world for the first time.
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | سیب |
| Year | 1998 |
| Country | Iran, France, Netherlands |
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Samira Makhmalbaf |
| Runtime | 82 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 6.3/10 (56 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
The director constructs a narrative of minimalism and near-documentary observation, relying on silence and lingering frames. It explores not the drama of liberation, but the anxious poetry of a first contact with reality, where an apple becomes a symbol of an entire world.
Those who tire of explanatory dialogues will find a piercing study of fragility. What lingers after viewing is a quiet sorrow and a question about the boundaries of care. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Samira Makhmalbaf
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Watch in silence, in the evening, attuned to its slow, contemplative rhythm.
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