A Moment of Innocence

7.6(107)19971h 18m

DramaComedy

A semi-autobiographical account of an incident in Makhmalbaf's life when, as a 17-year-old, he stabbed a policeman at a protest rally. Two decades later, he tracks down the policeman he injured in an attempt to make amends.

Director

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Revenue

$0.0M

Cast

Mirhadi Tayebi

The Policeman

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

The Director

Ali Bakhsi

The Young Policeman

Ammar Tafti

The Young Director

Maryam Mohamadamini

The Young Woman

Moharram Zaynalzadeh

Mr. Zinal

Hana Makhmalbaf

Reviews

1 review

CRCulver

7y ago

7.0

Though Mohsen Makhmalbaf eventually established a reputation as one of Iran's foremost filmmakers from the late 1980s, his early life was tumultuous: when he was 17, he stabbed a police officer at a protest against the Shah's regime and spent the next four years in prison, only being released after the Shah's overthrow. His 1996 film NUN VA GULDOON ("Bread and Flowerpot", released in the English-s...