Cast Aside the Clouds

Bugün acayip bir İran filmi izledim. Neden mi acayip? Anlatayım. Acayip olan şu ki, filmde Farsça konuşulmuyor. Yediden yetmiş yediye, filmdeki herkes bülbül gibi İngilizce konuşuyor. Bakın ne diyorum, "İngilizce konuşuyorlar." diyorum. Dublaj değil yani, direkt İngilizce…

Nabonid

As someone who worked on this film I am biased. So this rating does not reflect the final product but the process. Having 3 intergenerational directing team was a dream. We tried a new model of filmmaking rooted in collaboration, care, respect and true listening. I am so…

feli_fel

Η ταινία αυτοκαταστρέφεται από το πρώτο της λεπτό όταν καταλαβαίνεις ότι είναι γυρισμένη στα αγγλικά.

panikoval500

Noble intentions do not a technically adequate film make. Stilted acting, unavoidably some preaching, this will not unfortunately raise awareness on religious persecution (and women's social discrimination) in Iran. Most interesting in the film remains the credit to…

Giorgos Pappas

sweet treat motif alert! sort of objectively terrible but in the way that provokes at least an hour of spirited post-movie debate so no loss ultimately recorded

AJ McDougall

Really wanted to like this but couldn’t. Acting felt stiff and the movie felt quite preachy. Certain scenes did not add as much and some of the plot progression felt forced. Feels like if Angel Studios wrote a romance film

daniel_sarfaraz

Appreciated the films depiction of the regime's persecution of women/Baha'i's and the struggle within families regarding faith, but the acting and script set the movie back. As an English speaker, it didn't make sense to me why most of the film was in English. And "I'm…

Alexandra

*I am on the marketing team for this movie* but honestly, I absolutely love this film and the heart behind it - a true joy to be a part of it in even the smallest way

jess_s

A film with a lot of heart and a rarely shared perspective on the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran.

Rav