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Original title: Hamshahri (Fellow Citizen)
Year: 1983
Running time: 52 min.
Country: Iran
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Screenwriter: Abbas Kiarostami
Cast: Documentary
Producer: Institute for Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults
Genre: Documentary | Half-length Film
Synopsis: On 1983, lawmakers in Teheran decided to close off a section of the capital to regular traffic. Only drivers with special permits could cross the road blocks set up at various intersections leading to the restricted zone.

Kiarostami set up shop at one of those intersections and filmed the interaction of one cop with the many drivers trying to enter the restricted zone. The results are predictable. Drivers without permits trying all kind of excuses to get through. The presence of a hospital a block away within the zone justifies a variety of medical excuses. The poor cop seems overwhelmed and in exasperation lets many through in violation of the law. Recidivists are recognized, confronted with yesterday’s promise not to try again, and we are back at square one. Go ahead my fellow citizen, break the law and have a good day.

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Fellow Citizen

1983

Abbas Kiarostami