"Boycott"
1985
Directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Majid Majidi, plays Valeh, an activist sentenced to death who begins to doubt the ideas for which he is condemned. "...a highly energetic and troubled account of a leftist guerrilla's arrest in Iran prior to the Islamic revolution and his experience in prison...the film records Makhmalbaf's disenchantment with politics as well as his growing confidence as a craftsman" (Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader). Farsi with English subtitles. 85 minutes.

1-World Festival of Foreign Films
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