The Apple (Sib)

The Apple (Sib) (1998)

  • 80% of critics liked it
    (20 reviews)

  • 78% of users liked it
    (985 ratings)

This Iranian drama, scripted by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, was directed by his 17-year-old daughter, Samirah Makhmalbaf. His screenplay is based on factual news accounts of two 11-year-old girls who were locked away from the world by their parents until social workers stepped in. Shooting in video and on… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 25 min.
Directed By
Samira Makhmalbaf
Written By
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Samira Makhmalbaf
Genres
Documentary, Drama, Kids & Family, Art House & International
In Theaters
Feb 19, 1999 Limited
Makhmalbaf Productions

Critic Reviews

  • Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle

    Veracity is undermined by the very idea that the subjects somehow are actors in their own story -- and yet The Apple is still quite touching.

  • Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

    This tiny, alternately simple and complex movie is fascinating on a number of levels.

  • Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times

    Makhmalbaf elicits remarkably unaffected performances.

  • Anton Bitel, Little White Lies

    an allegory of Iran's longed-for emergence from repressive tradition into a more liberating modernity (especially for women).

  • Enrique Buchichio, Uruguay Total

    Es un cine fundamental, básico y humano que enriquece la diversidad que siempre deberían mostrarnos las pantallas.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Lucas M


    The Apple it's one of the exemples that show to us how terrific is the Iran cinema.

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