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FIRST CASE, SECOND CASE

Ghazieh-e Shekl-e Aval, Ghazieh-e Shekl-e Dou Wom

Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Iran, 1979
Documentary
  • 4848 minutes

Synopsis

While a teacher writes on the blackboard, a disruptive noise breaks the silence—but the culprit won’t confess. Two versions of what follows unfold: in one, a student gives up the troublemaker; in the other, a silent pact binds seven classmates who refuse to betray one another.

Synopsis

While a teacher writes on the blackboard, a disruptive noise breaks the silence—but the culprit won’t confess. Two versions of what follows unfold: in one, a student gives up the troublemaker; in the other, a silent pact binds seven classmates who refuse to betray one another.