A sense of order is the necessary basis of any good social organisation. To illustrate this axiom, Kiarostami presents a series of paired scenes in this educational short film in which the same action is first shown in an organised way and then in an anarchic one. The film crew, however, finds it difficult to organise disorder.
Direction
Kiarostami's deadpan self-awareness about filmmaking's absurdities.
Writing
Simple premise that spirals into delicious meta-commentary.
Director
Abbas Kiarostami
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made for Iran's Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults—yes, really—this 'educational' film smuggles avant-garde experimentation into state-funded cinema.
Kiarostami later called this his most autobiographical work: a filmmaker constantly negotiating between plan and accident, control and reality.
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