A Moment of Innocence
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Mirhadi Taiebi
Ali Bakhshi
Ammar Tafti
Mariyam Mohammad-amini
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In Tehran, a former policeman in his forties gets in contact with the Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf, reminding the filmmaker that he had promised him a part in his next movie. In fact, the two men had "met" 20 years earlier under rather dramatic circumstances: in 1975, the young Makhmalbaf, a dissident under the Shah's regime, stabbed this policeman while trying to steal his revolver. Imprisoned, the future filmmaker was released during the height of the Revolution. Instead of coming through with a role for the policeman, Makhmalbaf suggests that he prepares a restaging of that politically dramatic moment during '70s Iran from his own point of view as a former law enforcer; Makhmalbaf will prepare his own restaging as well, so that both stories could be woven into a dramatization, which Makhmalbaf and his crew would shoot. What results is an exercise in perspective and layered dramatic parody: each of the protagonists will have a small film crew and re-create the event as he saw it.
Director
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cast
Mirhadi Taiebi
Ali Bakhshi
Ammar Tafti
Mariyam Mohammad-amini
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Fariba Faghiri
Mariyam Faghiri
Lotfollah Ghashlaghi
Moharram Zeinlazadeh
Ali Irani
Hana Makhmalbaf
Khadijeh Pakseresht
Abodollah Haji-naghdi
Zahra Daneshvar
Sedigheh Shakeri
Crew
Mohammed Aghaei
Abolfazl Alaghehband
Abolfazl Alaghehband
Reza Alaghehman
Bahman Alvandipour
Shariar Azadi
Mohammad Sadegh Azin
Behzad Dorani
Madjid Entezami
Zjila Ipakci
Mahmoud Kalari
Nezam Kiaii
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Ali Asghar Mirzaii
Hossain Moradi
Rasoul Saeifi
Behrooz Shahamat
Moharram Zinalzadeh
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall November 10, 1999
Released in United States June 23, 2000
Released in United States on Video July 19, 2005
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States August 1996
Released in United States October 1996
Released in United States November 1996
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States 1998
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival August 22 - September 2, 1996.
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (in competition) August 2-12, 1996.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 4-20, 1996.
Shown at Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Main Programme) November 8-17, 1996.
Shown at Portland International Film Festival February 13 - March 2, 1997.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 24 - May 8, 1997.
Shown at Filmfest DC in Washington, DC April 22 - May 3, 1998.
Released in United States Fall November 10, 1999
Released in United States June 23, 2000 (Monica 4 Plex; Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video July 19, 2005
Released in United States 1996 (Recipient of a Special Mention award at the 1996 Locarno International Film Festival.)
Released in United States 1996 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival August 22 - September 2, 1996.)
Released in United States August 1996 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (in competition) August 2-12, 1996.)
Released in United States October 1996 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 4-20, 1996.)
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 24 - May 8, 1997.)
Released in United States November 1996 (Shown at Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Main Programme) November 8-17, 1996.)
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Portland International Film Festival February 13 - March 2, 1997.)
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Filmfest DC in Washington, DC April 22 - May 3, 1998.)
