THE APPLE

THE APPLE (SIB),1998
Iran | HDD, Color, 86’ | Persian
Director: Samira Makhmalbaf
Cast: Massoumeh Naderi, Zahra Naderi, Ghorban Ali Naderi

Filmed by Iranian director Samira Makhmalbaf when she was 18, The Apple is inspired by a true story that took place in south Tehran and focuses on two twin sisters who were locked inside their home by their father for 12 years. When neighbors report the situation, the girls come out for the first time after 12 years. The young director uses a style that hovers between documentary and fiction to convey the sisters’ encounter with the outside world and their father’s “overprotective” attitude. The Apple won a FIPRESCI Special Mention at Locarno and was nominated for the Golden Camera and Un Certain Regard awards at Cannes.