The Apple (1998 film)

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The Apple is a 1998 film directed by Samira Makhmalbaf.

Release Date: February 19th, 1999 (NY); March 5th, 1999 (LA)

Distributor: New Yorker

Language: Iranian with English subtitles

Iranian Title: Sib

Cast: Ghorban Ali Naderi, Azizeh Mohamadi, Massoumah Naderi, Zahra Naderi, Zahra Saghrisaz

Director: Samira Makhmalbaf (debut of the daughter of the acclaimed director of several Iranian films, including the recent Gabbeh)

Screenwriter: Samira Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Based Upon: This film is based upon a true story... and features the real people that truly lived it!

Premise: Two daughters are locked up by their parents, an unemployed man and his blind wife, for eleven years. Their neighbors call social workers to investigate the situation, and the results lead the girls on a bittersweet path to the rest of the world.