First Case, Second Case

1979, 53min -

Made in the spring of 1979, not long after the shah’s overthrow, this extraordinary film serves as a Rorschach blot for people in a revolutionary mindset. Abbas Kiarostami stages two versions of a classroom-discipline situation—in one, a student tells on a troublemaker; in the other, seven students refuse to rat—and then has several adult authorities comment on the outcomes. The fascinating responses evoke conflicts between order and resistance. Show more

"First Case, Second Case" — movie produced in Iran and Islamic Republic of and released in 1979. It has a great rating on IMDb: 7.5 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 53min. "First Case, Second Case" is currently available to stream on The Criterion Channel. Click on a playlink to watch it now!