The Apple
After twelve years of imprisonment by their own parents, two sisters are finally released by social workers to face the outside world for the first time.
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Released
- 1998
- Country
- Iran, France, Netherlands
Details
Release year: 1998
Storyline
After twelve years of imprisonment by their own parents, two sisters are finally released by social workers to face the outside world for the first time.
Top credits
- Massoumeh Naderi — Massoumeh
- Zahra Naderi — Zahra
- Ghorban Ali Naderi — Father
- Azizeh Mohamadi — Azizeh
Did you know
• Samira Makhmalbaf was able to shoot this film with film stock left over from her father's film The Silence (1998).
• Samira Makhmalbaf makes her directorial debut at the tender age of just 17. She is not however the youngest director on record - that accolade belongs to Sydney Ling who was just 13 when he made Lex, the Wonder Dog (1973).
• Included in IndieWire's list of the top 100 films of the 1990s.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $15,207
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $15,207 (1999-02-21)
User reviews
Moving debut by 17 year old Samira Makhmalbaf
A slice of contemporary Iranian life
Impressive debut
Technical specs
- Color
- Color
