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Homework (1989 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Homework' is a 1989 Iranian narrative documentary film written, directed and edited by Abbas Kiarostami.
The film was shot on 16mm in late January and/or early February 1988 at Tehran's Shahid Masumi primary school.The English subtitles mistranslate Bahman 1366 as February 1987.
Synopsis
The films consists almost exclusively of interviews with a number of pupils and two fathers of pupils at Shahid Masumi school who are asked to give their opinion on the traditional teaching practice of assigning homework. Issues such as some parents' illiteracy and their inability to help their children with the homework are raised. The children don't always succeed in hiding the more embarrassing aspects of their family life (corporal punishment, poverty, etc.).
Release
'Homework' was included as a special feature in the Criterion Collection's release of the Koker trilogy.
See also
*List of Iranian films
References
Bibliography
*Deborah Young, "'Mashgh-e shab (Homework)'", Variety, no. 338, 7 March 1990, p. 32
*Peter Matthews, "A Little Learning", Sight & Sound, vol. 12, no. 6, June 2002, pp. 3032
*Sonia Giardina, "Another Look at 'Homework' by Abbas Kiarostami: An Investigation of a Pedagogic and Social Drama", 'Film International', no. 35, Summer 2002, p. 33
*Franois Niney, "'Devoirs de maison'", 'Cahiers du cinma', no. 449, November 1991, pp. 6263
*Danile Parra, "'Devoirs du soir'", 'La Revue du cinma', no. 477, December 1991, p. 41
*Franois Niney, "'Devoirs de soir'", 'Cahiers du cinma', no. 493, July/August 1995, pp. 107108
*Israel Diego Aragn, "Un documental de terror psicolgico: 'Los deberes'", in Letras de cine, no. 7, 2003, pp. 7677
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