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First Case, Second Case
Ghazieh-e Shekl-e Aval, Ghazieh-e Shekl-e Dou Wom
1979
Synopsis
While the teacher is faced towards the blackboard, one of the students makes some funny noises. The teacher can’t find the person who did that, so he decides to dismiss a group of students for one week or until one of them tells him who was the one that made the noises.
Editorial
When a harmless case of classroom misconduct occurs, Abbas Kiarostami imagines two scenarios that might follow: snitching in one case, and a show of solidarity in the other. As adults reflect on this little event, their words resonate profoundly with the fractious atmosphere of revolutionary Iran.