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2003 Certificate PG
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Made in Afghanistan, after the fall of the Taliban regime, Samira Makhmalbaf's film is set in the ruined city of Kabul. Noqreh is a young woman who chooses to attend a secular school for girls, rather than a traditionally religious one, and becomes inspired to become Afghanistan's first female President. But in the war-ravaged, .. Read more

Starring Agheleh Rezaie, Abdolgani Yousefrazi, Razi Mohebi, Marzieh Amiri
Director Samira Makhmalbaf
Genres Drama

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At Five In The Afternoon

Made in Afghanistan, after the fall of the Taliban regime, Samira Makhmalbaf's film is set in the ruined city of Kabul. Noqreh is a young woman who chooses to attend a secular school for girls, rather than a traditionally religious one, and becomes inspired to become Afghanistan's first female President. But in the war-ravaged, devastated country her dreams are far from easy to achieve.

Starring Agheleh Rezaie, Abdolgani Yousefrazi, Razi Mohebi, Marzieh Amiri
Director Samira Makhmalbaf
Studio ARTIFICIAL EYE
Run time DVD: 1 hr 42 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Drama
Language DVD: Farsi, Kurdish
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 23 Aug 2004
Production year: 2003
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (4) of At Five In The Afternoon

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  • 4 stars out of 5

    Although the focus of this incisive blend of social reality and romantic idealism is on the discrimination still facing women in post-Taliban Afghanistan, 24-year-old Iranian director Samira Makhmalbaf nevertheless highlights the extent to which everyone's beliefs, duties and aspirations are determined by the politico-cultural agendas of the powers that be. The bleak landscape arrestingly captured by Ebrahim Ghafori's camera reinforces the sense of despair that prompts Abdolgani Yousefrazi to keep his family constantly on the move around a combat-scarred Kabul. But the charmingly expressive Agheleh Rezaie's minor acts of defiance — lifting her burka to reveal her face, donning a pair of white high heels — and outspoken self-confidence provide an optimistic challenge to the existing status quo.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Samira Makhmalbaf casts a look at the plight of women in post-Taliban Afghanistan and the result is as bold, visually... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 15 out of 15 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    the Real Story From Inside Afghanistan

    This is Samira Makhmalbaf's most expansive film to date. She made her first film 'the Apple'(1999) at 16 and in many ways 'At Five in The Afternoon' feels like a linear progression from that debut. By giving a voice to the people of Afghanistan beyond the CNN view, we see a people both hesitant and embracing a difficult post 911 world. The story of a defiantly independent young woman who dreams of becoming Afghanistan's first female president but who is still under the thumb of her fanatical father. The film deals with extraordinary depth and simplicity on the role and representation of women, the emerging political climate and what it is like to live ina country ravaged by war for over 20 years. Profound, sad and depply moving. See it now.

      • D_Rom from Oakham, England
      • Posted 22 Feb 2005 12:55

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  • 15 out of 15 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    the Real Story From Inside Afghanistan

    This is Samira Makhmalbaf's most expansive film to date. She made her first film 'the Apple'(1999) at 16 and in many ways 'At Five in The Afternoon' feels like a linear progression from that debut. By giving a voice to the people of Afghanistan beyond the CNN view, we see a people both hesitant and embracing a difficult post 911 world. The story of a defiantly independent young woman who dreams of becoming Afghanistan's first female president but who is still under the thumb of her fanatical father. The film deals with extraordinary depth and simplicity on the role and representation of women, the emerging political climate and what it is like to live ina country ravaged by war for over 20 years. Profound, sad and depply moving. See it now.

      • D_Rom from Oakham, England
      • Posted 22 Feb 2005 12:55

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