The Apple
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Samira Makhmalbaf
Azizeh Mohamadi
Ghorban Ali-naderi
Zahra Sagharisaz
Zahra Naderi
Amir Hossein Khosrojerdi
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A reality-based drama about two 12-year-old girls who were locked up from birth by their father. The family members play themselves in the film which concerns the reasons for the girls' incarceration, namely the fact that women are treated as property and therefore should be locked away before marriage to avoid learning about their own sexuality--represented allegorically by the titular fruit.
Director
Samira Makhmalbaf
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States August 1998
Released in United States February 1998
Released in United States March 5, 1999
Released in United States May 1998
Released in United States November 1998
Released in United States October 1998
Released in United States September 1998
Released in United States Winter February 19, 1999
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard) May 13-24, 1998.
Shown at Cinema Seattle/Women in Cinema Film Festival January 29 - February 4, 1999.
Shown at Fajr Film Festival (Iranian competition) in Teheran, Iran February 1-12, 1998.
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival August 5-15, 1998.
Shown at London Film Festival November 5-19, 1998.
Shown at New York Film Festival September 25 - October 11, 1998.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 27 - February 7, 1999.
Shown at Telluride Film Festival September 3-7, 1998.
Shown at Thessaloniki International Film Festival (in competition) in Greece November 13-22, 1998.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 10-19, 1998.
Seventeen-year-old director Samirah Makhmalbaf is the daughter of noted Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf who receives screenplay and editing credit on this film.
Feature directorial debut for Samira Makmalbaf.
Received Special Mention at 1998 Locarno International Film Festival.
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 25 - October 11, 1998.)
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Cinema Seattle/Women in Cinema Film Festival January 29 - February 4, 1999.)
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 27 - February 7, 1999.)
Released in United States February 1998 (Shown at Fajr Film Festival (Iranian competition) in Teheran, Iran February 1-12, 1998.)
Released in United States September 1998 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 10-19, 1998.)
Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at American Film Institute (AFI) Los Angeles International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 22-31, 1998.)
Released in United States November 1998 (Shown at London Film Festival November 5-19, 1998.)
Released in United States November 1998 (Shown at Thessaloniki International Film Festival (in competition) in Greece November 13-22, 1998.)
Released in United States Winter February 19, 1999
Released in United States March 5, 1999 (Music Hall; Los Angeles)
Released in United States May 1998 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard) May 13-24, 1998.)
Released in United States August 1998 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival August 5-15, 1998.)
Released in United States September 1998 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival September 3-7, 1998.)
