Homework

Name: Homework
Released: 1990

Abbas Kiarostami

Iranian New Wave

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Synopsis

Sara, a young ballet dancer, drifts through boredom as a constrained classical dancer until she meets Jean, a West African plumber from the opposite side of town with natural simplicity and freedom in his dance movements. Curiosity leads towards an explosion of awakening in both her dance and personal worlds.

Year1990

CountryIran

DirectorAbbas Kiarostami

MovementIranian New Wave

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Kiarostami taught me that one can find truth, find cinema, in the reality of everyday life. He opened my eyes to this, especially in films like Close-Up and Homework, where he was just filming people, real life, but finding such profound stories. That was a big lesson for me.

Films it influenced

The White Balloon 1995 · Abbas Kiarostami, Jafar Panahi

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