The film takes place in the course of a working day in court room, in city two hours out of Tehran. The story has three main through lines, first an interrogator is facing legal issues involving death of a child bystander during an arrest operation. Second, a family is facing drama after they got assaulted by a group of thugs during a private garden party. Third, two junkies who had a child out of marriage ten years ago and now the child needs a national ID. Overall, it is similar to other Iranian dramas of recent decades which present a collection of people's misery, to the point it becomes un-relatable and unbelievable.
The three story-lines are barely related, although the interrogator is the same but he comes off as a different person each time he appears on the screen. Through the film, the story changes its focus and no noticeable development occurs. I believe that if the scenario focused on one story-line or at least one character it would be much less messy and all over the place.
The film starts with message that it will not follow legal procedures as they are in real life cases. I think it is written to cover up the annoying plot-hole that, in a case that involves assault, rape, harassment, stalking, etc ... for some reason the interrogator decides to interrogate both victims and intruders all together in one small room, which causes most of the misunderstandings and drama.
The cast is populous and most of them give flat acting, the exceptions are Sara Bahrami and Sadaf Espahbodi (in her first major role!) who act wonderfully.
Overall, the story offers nothing new, which is not a bad thing by itself but the messy, plot-holey, poor acting from most of the actors makes the film a true misery to sit through. Therefore 1 out of 10.
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