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A lawyer barred from practicing and expecting a child, goes through enormous government bureaucracy in her quest to obtain a visa to leave Iran. Under the formalist direction of Mohammad Rasoulof, the film is executed as a collection of brilliantly composed static shots and dialogues that unravel scene by scene to add up to an intriguing whole. When we first meet the protagonist Noora, we know very little about her or her precarious situation. She visits clinics regularly (the first scene has her taking a blood test), followed by rounds of government institutions and a shady travel agent, who is […]
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![A lawyer barred from practicing and expecting a child, goes through enormous government bureaucracy in her quest to obtain a visa to leave Iran. Under the formalist direction of Mohammad Rasoulof, the film is executed as a collection of brilliantly composed static shots and dialogues that unravel scene by scene to add up to an intriguing whole. When we first meet the protagonist Noora, we know very little about her or her precarious situation. She visits clinics regularly (the first scene has her taking a blood test), followed by rounds of government institutions and a shady travel agent, who is […]](http://filmphoria.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Goodbye-115x115.jpg "Goodbye")
![What makes The Class unique, unlike other films that have been made about pedagogy and the art of teaching, is that it doesn’t explore the movie myth of one teacher making a difference and changing the world. Some students can never be helped, even if repeatedly assisted. Others are good because they put in the effort and a teacher is able to accentuate the better qualities of his more promising students while trying to guide any who have gone off-track. The setting of The Class takes place entirely within a school. We never venture outside the school premises, and everything […]](http://filmphoria.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/The-Class-115x115.jpg "The Class")
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