The Apple (1998 film)

Infobox Film
name = The Apple


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caption = Film poster
director = Samira Makhmalbaf
producer =
writer = Samira Makhmalbaf
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
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starring = Ghorban Ali Naderi
Azizeh Mohamadi
Massoumah Naderi
Zahra Naderi
Zahra Saghrisaz
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distributor = New Yorker
released = start date|1999|2|19
runtime = 86 min.
country = Iran
language = Persian
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gross =
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imdb_id = 156901

"The Apple" (original title: "Sib") is the 1999 film directorial debut by Samira Makhmalbaf, daughter of the acclaimed Iranian director, Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The film is based on a true story and features the real people that actually lived it.

Premise

Two daughters are locked up by their parents, an unemployed man and his blind wife, for eleven years. Their neighbors call social workers to investigate the situation, and the results lead the girls on a bittersweet path to the rest of the world.

External links

*imdb title|156901|The Apple