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Synopsis
When a young girl's mother doesn't meet her after school, she tries to navigate the streets of Tehran by herself.
Cinematic DNA
I guess I’m influenced by artists whose work has made a deep impact on me... Tarkovsky is a great example. I can think of a handful of his films that are just remarkable achievements. 'The Mirror' is one of my favourites, but it’s a difficult film to categorise. I loved Tarkovsky's work very much. I think it's very difficult to make films that can be compared to dreams... And 'The Mirror' is one of those films that is incredibly dream-like.
It's like a dream, it's very mysterious. I wanted to create an aesthetic for Arrival that will bring me closer to these kinds of dream-like images.
— Denis Villeneuve · TIFF Bell Lightbox Q&A with Denis Villeneuve
More from Jafar Panahi
· Iranian New Wave
Films with Similar Themes
coming of age · urban isolation · childhood independence · parental abandonment · Tehran streets
