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I Am Nasrine is an intimate journey of self-discovery and ultimately reveals the unfolding of a soul. Set in modern day Tehran, and the UK, the film follows the paths of Nasrine and Ali, sister and brother in a comfortable, middle class Iranian home.
A valuable debut, shot with a fluent kind of poetry.
It's a sad, highly schematic movie, with far too much incidental music, and it's often awkward. But Micsha Sadeghi gives a touching performance in a film of some promise.
Alongside the forbidding tower blocks and cramped interiors, Gharavi finds an element of poetry in the wide-open spaces of the North East countryside through which Nasrine passes in her journey of self-discovery.
Well-intentioned but dramatically listless.
General release. Check local listings for show times.