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Iranian/British (Scottish) film about recovering a lost Oscar statue near a dump and scrap merchants.
The film meanders, losing focus: boring. The child actors, as is typical, are tiresome. The characters have no relationships. It is impossible to care abut them or their dilemmas.
Through sentimental devices the film attempts to be a celebration of cinema, but this is merely irksome.
The landscapes, however, are enjoyable to see, and for this the film gets a 2 stars.
Reviewers often give these flabby, overlong Iranian films a free pass, and f you look online it is very generously treated. If it were a Hollywood film it would be ripped to shreds, or not reviewed at all.
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