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First Case, Second Case
First Case, Second Case
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FIRST CASE, SECOND CASE

Ghazieh-e Shekl-e Aval, Ghazieh-e Shekl-e Dou Wom

Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Iran, 1979
Documentary

Synopsis

First Case, Second Case is a documentary about a teacher who sends a group of pupils out of the classroom when one of them does not own up to talking behind the master’s back.

Synopsis

First Case, Second Case is a documentary about a teacher who sends a group of pupils out of the classroom when one of them does not own up to talking behind the master’s back.

Our take

When a harmless case of classroom misconduct occurs, Abbas Kiarostami imagines two scenarios that might follow: snitching in one case, and a show of solidarity in the other. As adults reflect on this little event, their words resonate profoundly with the fractious atmosphere of revolutionary Iran.