The Mirror
1997 · Movie · 94 min · ★ 7.3 · 95% critics
After school, a young girl is left waiting when her mother doesn’t arrive. Determined to get home, she sets off alone through Tehran’s crowded streets, buses, and taxis, asking strangers for help while navigating confusing directions, hectic traffic, and the rules adults expect her to follow.
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Details
- Original title
- آینه
- Years
- 1997
- Release date
- 1997-04-01
- Language
- FA
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (60 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like intimate, street-level stories that feel real and spark debate about what you’re watching, similar to The White Balloon or Taxi; Not for you if you want a straightforward, fast-moving plot.
Pros: gripping child’s-eye journey; vivid Tehran street life; thought-provoking reality blur | Cons: meta shift feels gimmicky; pacing can drag; uneasy safety concerns
Awards & recognition
- Golden Leopard · 1997
Cast & crew
- MK
Mina Mohammad Khani
as Little Girl / Mina
- KM
Kazem Mojdehi
as Actor
- NO
Naser Omuni
as Ranande
- MS
M. Shirzad
as Pirezan
- TS
T. Samadpour
as Farash
Directed by Jafar Panahi