First Case, Second Case
First Case, Second Case
First Case, Second Case
First Case, Second Case
First Case, Second Case
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First Case, Second Case

Abbas Kiarostami Iran, 1979

Made in the spring of 1979, not long after the shah’s overthrow, this extraordinary film serves as a Rorschach blot for people in a revolutionary mind-set. Kiarostami stages two versions of a classroom discipline situation—in one, a student tells on a troublemaker; in the other, seven students refuse to rat—and then has several adult authorities comment on the outcomes. The fascinating responses evoke conflicts between order and resistance.

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  • 53 min
  • Color
  • 1.85:1

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  • DCP

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