A Moment of Innocence
A Moment of Innocence
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A Moment of Innocence

A Moment of Innocence

1996
Comedy, Drama
1h 18m
20 years earlier the director, Makhmalbaf, assaulted a policeman during the Iranian revolution. Now, that ex-policeman asks him to make a film about the event.

A Moment of Innocence

1996
Comedy, Drama
1h 18m
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Avg Percentile 72.22% from 377 total ratings

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Rated 13 Jul 2008
96
98th
Like Close-Up, this recreates a scene from Makhmalbaf's life, and it's even more brilliant in its execution. What results is a deceptively simple treatise on memory, regret, truth, perception, idealism, filmmaking and politics. There are some truly astonishing surprises in the story and in the telling of the story. Most startling and moving of all is the freeze-frame ending, a rewriting of history as desired by the actors themselves. And it's done with a light touch, often delightfully comic.
Rated 20 Jul 2008
93
98th
Fascinating, playful and deeply human. Ostensibly a documentary about an event 20 years past in the director's life,it becomes more than that as it explores the emotional connections of the key players to that event as well as their slightly different memories and perspectives of it. It's also interesting to see the reaction of the three young leads to their roles as they struggle to connect to the events and emotions of another time and person. The ending's a perfect summary of the film's theme
Rated 19 Mar 2009
75
65th
Of all the things I expected from an Iranian film, this somewhat comical meta-movie was not it. It's very interesting, and it's incredibly well done and woven together in a brilliant way. Intriguing, fascinating and a joy to watch, even though it feels like it's falling apart a bit further into the film it's like a puzzle very well put together.
Rated 14 Aug 2008
60
54th
Another fourth wall shattered as had been the trend in 90's Iranian cinema. Some of it is nice but there's just not enough substance here for a feature, and eventually it just rambles. Salaam Cinema does some of the same things better, so to the casual viewer I'd say watch that instead. The good thing about this one is that it shows you some Iranian urban scenery.
Rated 08 Jul 2023
68
35th
I haven't seen a ton of Iranian film, but it's interesting how much of it (or at least the stuff that's most critically acclaimed) deals specifically with kind of meta movies. It's an interesting film, but I always find these a little tough to tell what's real and what's staged, which is certainly part of the point, but it hurts my enjoyment of them sometimes.
Rated 14 Mar 2022
84
83rd
01.17 Hobbit
Rated 13 Aug 2021
86
80th
Um Instante de Inocência estreava há 25 anos no Festival de Locarno. Tem a mesma pegada reconstrutiva mockumental de Close-up, mas com uma pegada jovem, quem direi que o jovem Makhmalbaf era um punk idealista anarquista. FUCK THE POLICE. DVDRip no MakingOff.
Rated 09 Aug 2020
95
97th
this film inspires me more than any film in a long time, makhmalbaf has rare artistic sensibility
Rated 25 May 2017
9
97th
If I were ever to make a list of all-time great final shots, this would be on there. Just beautiful.
Rated 29 Feb 2016
80
64th
A bit of a headfuck, especially the way it starts mixing reality and film. Very playful with its filmmaking, though I'm wondering if it ends up obscuring some of the film's more interesting aspects, especially to do with this rather emotionally resonating and slightly poetic story involving the policeman. The filmic treatment of this story is very reiterative and cinematically meditative, which will either annoy or enthrall cinephiles (it did the latter for me).
Rated 30 Jul 2015
100
97th
best movie
Rated 24 Jul 2015
78
71st
The final sequence is killer. Unfortunately, the film feels a bit too slackly paced even at a modest 74 minutes.
Rated 16 Jul 2014
100
97th
Et av de klareste og mest utradisjonelle mesterverkene jeg vet om. Kan man endre historien gjennom kunsten? Er vi mennesker dømt til å gå i våre forfedres feller gang på gang? At en slik film skulle komme fra Iran og behandle temaet på en så subtil og gjennomgripende måte hadde jeg aldri forventet. En film jeg vil alle skal se, helt unik i filmverdenen.
Rated 08 Apr 2014
85
92nd
33. İstanbul Film Festivali - Atlas Sineması: Bilgiçlik taslamadan sinemanın doğasına, sinemada gerçeğin temsiline dair çok derin fikirler barındırıyor bünyesinde. Bir de filmin adının karşılığı finalindeki o karenin naifliği...
Rated 24 Dec 2012
88
76th
A sweet, lyrical, and surprisingly funny film, with an absolutely perfect final shot. In other words, it's Iranian New Wave.
Rated 08 Oct 2012
76
46th
Iran devrimini hazirlayan bireysel zihin ve tutum degisikliklerini sosyolojik bir dille anlatan Masumiyet Ani basarili bir film sayilir: zamanin orf, adet ve karakteristiklerde meydanan getirdigi degisiklik, kadin - erkek iliskilerinin buna bagli olarak yeniden boyutlanmasi ekseninde izlenebilir...
Rated 30 Nov 2011
77
54th
#459
Rated 29 Mar 2011
85
90th
Very clever, funny, moving: an all-around lovely film that, much like the slightly better Close-Up, shows how film-about-film and meta-narrative need not be mere navel-gazing or 'cold' filmmaking/writing. Also a truly wonderful ending scene.
Rated 08 Nov 2010
35
90th
"Resonates heavy with the Proustian understanding of how memories only amplify and enrich with time." - Eric Henderson
Rated 14 Jan 2010
78
56th
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Rated 19 Dec 2008
79
58th
412
Rated 02 Mar 2008
72
55th
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Rated 20 Oct 2007
93
94th
A brilliant meditation on memory, violence, perspective, and youth. While attempting to make a film about his memories of a key event in his life, Makhmalbaf gives us much more: a way forward from the shameful past. In this, the film feels like an act of discovery on the director's part, an act that's freshness and vitality has not waned in more than a decade since its release. From the midst of a still-oppressive society, the film offers a universal response to oppression.
Rated 27 Feb 2007
82
93rd
Very interesting and unusual.

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