Secret Ballot (2002)
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Reviews Counted: 57 Fresh: 48 Rotten:9 Average Rating: 7.1/10
Rated: G
Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins
Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins
Theatrical Release: Aug 9, 2002 Limited
Synopsis:
Iranian-Canadian filmmaker Babak Payami (ONE MORE DAY) looks at the problems of bringing democracy to Iran in this political and cultural satire, which could almost be called "neo-surrealist" in tone. The film begins with a ballot box being dropped from an airplane onto a desert island off... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Nassim Abdi, Cyrus Ab, Youssef Habashi, Farrokh Sho, Gholbahar Janghali
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02/09/06 03:17 AM
Long, still vistas . . . nicely surreal . . . some hard questions about faith and democracy, law and lawlessness, acting for the common good.
12/01/03 03:50 PM
For those still feeling burned by the heat generated from our own presidential election, Secret Ballot may be just the thing to put it all in perspective.
11/06/03 05:18 PM
The sophistication of the Western democratic machinery seems absurd and its elaborate schemes for representation unreal by comparison.
08/01/03 07:40 AM
Interessante filme que mostra a realidade política e social no Irã, o autoritarismo com relação às mulheres e as contradições de um país governado pela religiosidade.
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07/25/03 11:29 PM
As in practically all Iranian films the cast here is made up of nonprofessionals, and they do themselves a good turn as genuine and marvelously well-conceived characters.
01/15/03 12:14 PM
Slow, simple, quiet and intriguing. Payami investigates possibilities, and his curiosity carries us along.
11/05/02 06:29 AM
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10/21/02 08:10 AM
'...[A] contemplation of the significance, absurdities and/or insignificance of the electoral process...[however] Payami gets his point across long before the film ends, with a message that can’t help but hit us over the head...'
10/16/02 02:11 PM
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10/11/02 08:11 AM
Top Critic The locations go from stark desert to gorgeous beaches. The story plays out slowly, but the characters are intriguing and realistic.
10/11/02 06:46 AM
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10/02/02 01:55 PM
Top Critic Secret Ballot is a funny, puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving.
09/20/02 07:01 PM
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09/17/02 08:10 AM
Top Critic A psychic journey deep into the very fabric of Iranian ... life.
09/13/02 02:19 PM
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