· 1997

The Mirror

Jafar Panahi
Iranian New Wave coming of age urban isolation childhood independence parental abandonment Tehran streets
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When a young girl's mother doesn't meet her after school, she tries to navigate the streets of Tehran by herself.

Year1997
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DirectorJafar Panahi
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