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As the sun rises over the Iranian desert on a morning like any other, a boy leaves his home to collect shrubs to sell at the market. At the same time, a desperate woman sets out in her battered jalopy to dump the body of her lover into the well. He is the only witness to her crime and he must die. She guns the engine and sets off after him; he runs for his life, using the textures and secrets of the desert to evade her. This Hitchcockian pursuit leads us through ancient ruins, goatherds' cottages, underground aqueducts and finally to the boy's house and a gory, sudden end. The boy's rising desire for revenge and the woman's deteriorating health and increasing disorientation mean that the original reason for the chase is quickly forgotten, as is the distinction between pursuer and pursued.

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Release:
2004
Running Time:
70 min
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Not yet rated
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  1. Phil D Phil D

    Both irritating and nailbiting.

    25 January 2011
    Some parts are implausible, but it is worth a watch. Once. Why the stupid kid did not put his foot down when he nicked her car, or threw away the keys later so she could not keep trying to mow him down, could be explained by saying we all do silly things in a panic, but such moments of unexplainable ineptitude are what I found irritating. Still, I watched to the end, so it is obviously entertaining.
  2. Kelechi Ehenulo Kelechi Ehenulo

    Catch your breath...you’re gonna need it!

    15 March 2010
    A teenage boy witnesses a woman dumping her lover’s body into the well. Hell bent on making sure that no-one discovers her secret, the psychotic murderess chases after the boy and vows to kill him. Now the premise sounds like it shouldn’t work and there are moments of absurdity, but amazingly this film is tense and dramatic as you cheer on the boy to survive.

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