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The Circle
Directed by
Jafar Panahi
Not Rated
2000
90m
Drama
7.4
94%
79%
6.9
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Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.
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Cast of The Circle
Nargess Mamizadeh
Nargess
Maryiam Palvin Almani
Arezou
Mojgan Faramarzi
Mojgan - Prostitute
Elham Saboktakin
Elham - Nurse
Monir Arab
Monir - Ticket Seller
Maede Tahmasbi
Maedeh
Maryam Shayegan
Parveneh
Fereshteh Sadr Orafaee
Pari
Solmaz Panahi
Solmaz
Fatemeh Naghavi
Nayer
Ataollah Moghadas
Haji
Abbas Alizadeh
Father of Pari
Khadijeh Moradi
Actress
Negar Ghadyani
Actress
Jafar Panahi
Director / Producer / Editor / Idea
Kambuzia Partovi
Writer
Morteza Motavali
Executive Producer
Mohammad Atebbai
Associate Producer
Iraj Raminfar
Art Direction
Vajid Allah Fariborzi
Production Design
The Circle Ratings & Reviews
Dallas Morning News
Gary Dowell
An impressive piece of work, especially considering it was made in a barren artistic climate overseen by a censorious government.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
A tragic film from start to finish, but equally undeniable is the endless stoicism displayed by the women, and Panahi's crisp, meandering direction.
Houston Chronicle
Eric Harrison
Just like Tomb Raider, it is fiction. It just unfortunately comes a lot closer than the American film to the truth of how its female characters live.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
A memorable and devastating indictment of the oppression facing many women in Iran.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
In its brisk way, it's a devastating piece of work, and very brave too.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Profoundly dangerous to the status quo in Iran because it asks us to identify with the plight of women who have done nothing wrong except to be female.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
The world it shows is both mysterious and full of menace -- yet as real as the world outside the theater.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
While The Circle certainly paints a bleak portrait, there's a grace and beauty to the filmmaking that transform this crushingly sad tale into a work of revelatory art.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Restrained yet powerful, devastating in its emotional effects.
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Remarkable.
San Francisco Chronicle
Wesley Morris
It's a startling, speedy, gracefully executed indictment.
Seattle Times
John Zebrowski
Feels less like a movie than a civics lesson.
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
A wondrous meditation on the unspoken communication that sometimes passes between members of the same sex.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
A raw, riveting film that pulls you up short.
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
By making these characters symbols rather than fleshed-out individuals ... Panahi limits the political as well as dramatic effectiveness of The Circle.
Newsday
Jan Stuart
As potent an indictment of a social order as the novels of Kafka and the great Italian neo-realist films of the '40s and '50s.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Circles the heart of noisy, modern Tehran with an informal, documentary-like freedom that is thrilling in its naturalism.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
One of the deepest impressions The Circle leaves is of the terrifying but also in its way thrilling complexity of experience.
Film.com
Peter Brunette
One of the most courageous, hard-hitting films I've seen in a long time.
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