Homework (1989 film)

Homework
مشق شب
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Produced by Ali Reza Zarrin
Written by Abbas Kiarostami
Starring Pupils at Shahid Masumi School
Two pupils' fathers
Abbas Kiarostami
Iraj Safavi
Music by Mohammad Reza Aligholi
Cinematography Iraj Safavi
Ali Asghar Mirzai
Edited by Abbas Kiarostami
Production
company
Release date
  • 1989 (1989) (Iran)
Running time
 86 minutes
Country Iran
Language Persian

Homework (Persian: مشق شب‎, translit. Mašq-e šab) is a 1989 Iranian narrative documentary film written, directed and edited by Abbas Kiarostami.

The film was shot on 16mm in late January and/or early February 1988 at Tehran's Shahid Masumi primary school.[1]

Plot

The films consists almost exclusively of interviews with a number of pupils and two fathers of pupils at Shahid Masumi school who are asked to give their opinion on the traditional teaching practice of assigning homework. Issues such as some parents' illiteracy and their inability to help their children with the homework are raised. The children don't always succeed in hiding the more embarrassing aspects of their family life (corporal punishment, poverty, etc.).

References

  1. ↑ The English subtitles mistranslate Bahman 1366 as February 1987.

Bibliography

  • Deborah Young, "Mashgh-e shab (Homework)", Variety, no. 338, 7 March 1990, p. 32
  • Peter Matthews, "A Little Learning", Sight & Sound, vol. 12, no. 6, June 2002, pp. 30–32
  • Sonia Giardina, "Another Look at Homework by Abbas Kiarostami: An Investigation of a Pedagogic and Social Drama", Film International, no. 35, Summer 2002, p. 33
  • François Niney, "Devoirs de maison", Cahiers du cinéma, no. 449, November 1991, pp. 62–63
  • Danièle Parra, "Devoirs du soir", La Revue du cinéma, no. 477, December 1991, p. 41
  • François Niney, "Devoirs de soir", Cahiers du cinéma, no. 493, July/August 1995, pp. 107–108
  • Israel Diego Aragón, "Un documental de terror psicológico: Los deberes", in Letras de cine, no. 7, 2003, pp. 76–77

See also

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