A Moment of Innocence
Original title: Nûn o goldûn · Turkish title: Bir Masumiyet Anı
1996 · 1 h 18 min
Cast
Mirhadi Tayebi Ali Bakhshi 
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Credits
Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cinematography: 
Mahmoud Kalari
Music: 
Majid Entezami
Produced by: Abolfazl Alagheband
Plot
Makhmalbaf and the policeman he stabbed twenty years earlier re-enact the event with younger actors.
Sinekatalog’s take
Mohsen Makhmalbaf re-stages his youthful stabbing of a policeman with the policeman himself and younger actors. Funny, moving and strange, it blurs fact and fiction in a humane meditation on forgiveness.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (5,340 votes)
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