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Film
de Culte |
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Majidi se rapproche étonnamment d’une certaine frange
universaliste du cinéma britannique |
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MCM.Net |
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Un amour condamné au silence... |
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L'Humanité
(19 juin 2004) |
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Interview avec Majid Majidi |
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Tele-Obs
(17 juin 2004) |
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Mise en scène lyrique et personnages d’une épaisseur
psychologique hors du commun.. |
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Figaro
Culture (17 juin 2004) |
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.. peint la dure condition des travailleurs immigrés afghans
en Iran |
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Le
Point ( 16 Juin 2004) |
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Le
Monde (16 Juin 2004) |
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En Iran, à travers le rituel du chantier, l'itinéraire
heurté des réfugiés |
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L'express
(16 Juin 2004) |
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Une œuvre d'une beauté formelle incroyable et d'une
force évidente |
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L'Express
Magazine ( 16 Juin 2004) |
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Le choc des images |
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Telerama
( 16 juin 2004) |
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Une chronique delicate |
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See
magazine ( May 23, 2002) |
5/5 |
" ...this hotbed of fanatics
and terrorists continues to produce the gentlest, most humanistic
cinema currently available to the eyes" |
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Club Culture |
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"Un film exceptionnel" |
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Toronto
Star ( May 7, 2002) |
5/5 |
" Baran is an immensely moving
love story, one that may catch you by surprise" |
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Voir
(Montreal) in french |
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"Un pur ravissement" |
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Washington
Post ( May 4, 2002) |
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"There's a Chaplinesque quality
to "Baran," |
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The
Globe & Mail (Canada) |
3/4 |
Love story sweetens portrait of Afghan
refugees |
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Le
Devoir ( Montréal) in french |
3/4 |
"Choisir l'enfer" |
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La
Presse (Montréal, Canada) |
4/4 |
" ... comme the thé servi
au beau milieu d'un chantier en construction" |
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Christian
Science Monitor (May 3, 2002) |
4/4 |
David Sterritt: ".. and the unlikely
hero is an Iranian man who falls in love " |
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Washington
Post ( May 2, 2002) |
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Ann Hornaday: "Baran,"
further solidifies Majid Majidi's growing reputation as one of
the cinema's most gifted humanist filmmakers. |
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Chicago Tribune (May 5,
2002) |
3.5/4 |
"Majidi might be called Iran's Vittorio
De Sica.". |
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Chicago
Sun-Times (May 5, 2002) |
3.5/4 |
Roger Ebert: ". When a land is
distant, unknown and labeled as an enemy, it's easy to think
in simple terms" |
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Human Rights
Watch |
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Majidi examines the issue of Afghans in
Iran with subtlety and charm" |
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Imaginarium |
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"Life, Iranian style" |
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Entertainement
Today |
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"An even more timely and thoughtful
meditation on love and culture" |
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Magic
Lantern |
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" Baran is the sweet romantic tale
about love's astounding ability to cross the boundaries that
lesser men create." |
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Christian
Science Monitor |
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"Humanizing the plight of Afghans" |
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Washington Post (Jan 2002) |
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"An Iranian Director's Tribute to
Destitute Afghan Refugees" |
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USA
Today (Dec 2001) |
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"Director's instincts put 'Baran'
on Oscar track" |
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Washington
Post |
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"Maybe being an Afghan was my
crime..." |
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NewDay |
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"Baran" boasts the most
achingly beautiful closing moments of any movie in recent memory." |
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New
Times L.A |
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"And Iran So Far Away" |
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American
Dreamer |
A- |
"Spying Latif discovers Rahmat's secret". |
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IFILM.Com |
4/5 |
"Dramas like this make it human". |
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BOXOFFICE |
3.5/5 |
"Baran” marks a stylistic leap
forward for Majid Majidi". |
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New-York
Post (Dec 2001) |
3/4 |
"A timely tale of a quiet romance" |
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New-York
Times (Oct 2001) |
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"A Love Story Set Among Afghanistan's
Émigrés" |
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New-York
Press ( Dec 2001) |
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"Majid Majidi, the director of Baran,
would be Iran's Spielberg" |
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Film
Journal (Dec 2001) |
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"Baran focuses on the struggle of
an unusual hero to save the girl he loves" |
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Newsweek ( Dec
2001), |
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"Iran in a New Light" |
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L.A
Daily News (Dec 2001) |
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"Iranian coming-of-age tale triumphs
every way" |
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TV
online (Dec 2001), |
4/5 |
"At the heart of Iranian director
Majid Majidi's wonderful, bittersweet film is a timeless tale
of adolescent love and sacrifice..." |
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L.A
Times(7 Dec 2001) |
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"A Heartfelt Look at Afghan Immigrants" |
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L.A
Times Interview (6 Dec 2001) |
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"Pain of Life in Alien Lands" |
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Indiewire(Dec
2001), |
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"Taking Care; Majidi's "Baran"
Strikes Timely Chords of Romance and Refugees" |
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Salon.com(Dec
2001) |
3.8/5 |
"Iranian boy meets Afghan girl in
a Middle Eastern film that might make it out of the art house" |
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Online
Film Critics (Dec 2001) |
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The
Onion A/V Club |
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Slant
Magazine ( Dec 2001) |
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Spirituality
& Health (Dec 2001) |
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"In this extraordinarily spiritual
drama by Majid Majidi, the plight of these refugees is vividly
portrayed.." |
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Compuserve
(Dec 2001) |
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"An impossible romance, but we root
for the patronized Iranian lad" |
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Matinee
Magazine (Dec 2001) |
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"Yet to my eyes it also represents
everything that is missing from most other Iranian films" |
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Reel movie
Critics (Dec 2001) |
3.5/4 |
"These are movies to remember rather
than the ones you forget" |
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Cinema Scope (Canada Dec 2001) |
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"Baran operates on three levels: as
a story about a contemporary social problem; as a love story;
and as a parable in which spiritual purity is attained through
selflessness." |
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OffOffOff.com |
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"A building-site worker makes a heavy
sacrifice to reach his distantly admired love" |
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Planet Sick-boy |
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"The result of these actions (or inactions,
I guess) make this film a realistic winner." |
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Toronto
Sun (Sept 2001) |
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"Majid Majidi makes films that open
ethnic doors." |
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Variety Film International (Feb
2001) |
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