World War III 08/13/24

Once again an Iranian film yields an experience found nowhere else. Houman Seyedi’s allegory of exploiters and the exploited never takes a false step, building in tension as it goes. Festival critics praised the performance of Mohsen Tanabandeh as an Everyman laborer driven to a radical extremes. The well-made picture plays with elements we expect to see in a Black Comedy, but the last thing offered is laughs … what we get is 107 wrenching minutes of Truth In Motion. On Blu-ray from Deaf Crocodile.
08/13/24