First Case, Second Case

First Case, Second Case

53 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1979

Kiarostami presents two cases for talking heads to evaluate in terms of morality, rights and responsibilities. Case One: Your son is in class, sitting in the back row. His teacher is writing on the board. A restless student in the back row makes a lot of noise. Not knowing who the culprit is, the teacher makes all the children sitting in the last two rows stay outside of the class until the weekend, unless they tell him who made the noise. After a few days spent outside of the classroom, your son relents and tattles on the boy who made the noise, so he can go back in and continue learning. Was he in the right? Case Two: The other students from the back row wait out the rest of the week outside of the class, before returning. Were they in the right?

First Case, Second Case

53 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1979

First Case, Second Case
Kiarostami presents two cases for talking heads to evaluate in terms of morality, rights and responsibilities. Case One: Your son is in class, sitting in the back row. His teacher is writing on the board. A restless student in the back row makes a lot of noise. Not knowing who the culprit is, the teacher makes all the children sitting in the last two rows stay outside of the class until the weekend, unless they tell him who made the noise. After a few days spent outside of the classroom, your son relents and tattles on the boy who made the noise, so he can go back in and continue learning. Was he in the right? Case Two: The other students from the back row wait out the rest of the week outside of the class, before returning. Were they in the right?
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Kanoon
Original title قضیه شکل اول... شکل دوم.
Directors Naser Zera'ati, Abbas Kiarostami
Writers Abbas Kiarostami

Cast

Mehdi Azadbakht

as Himself

Mohammadreza Barati

as Himself

Nader Ebrahimi

as Himself

Ehteram Boroumand

as Himself

Ezzatolah Entezami

as Himself

Masud Kimiai

as Himself