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At Five in the Afternoon ()

Panj é asr (original title)
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In a post-Taliban Afghanistan a young woman (Agheleh Rezaie) attends school against her conservative father's will, hoping to learn more about democracy to fulfill her dream of being the country's next president.

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Agheleh Rezaie ...
Nogreh
Abdolgani Yousefrazi ...
Father
Marzieh Amiri ...
Leylomah
Razi Mohebi ...
Poet
Gholamjan Gardel
Halimeh Abdolrahman
Bibigol Asef
Jerom Kazagh
Mina Anis
Shpkraneh Hatefi
Yakileh Govah
Mohamad Yunes
Mahboobeh Ebdali
Nadimeh Ebdali
Fatemeh Rasooli
Yasamin Rasooli
Mohamadnader Khageh
Sohrab
Mohamadnaser Ghomandan
Halimjan
Seifodin
Akhtar Mohamad-Afzal
Faroozan Feizi
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Kamihejazi ...
Singer (voice)

Directed by

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Samira Makhmalbaf

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Mohsen Makhmalbaf ... (novel)
 
Samira Makhmalbaf ... (screenplay)

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Jean Labadie ... executive producer
Maysam Makhmalbaf ... producer
Mohsen Makhmalbaf ... producer
Vincent Maraval ... executive producer

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Mohammad Reza Darvishi

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Ebrahim Ghafori
Samira Makhmalbaf

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Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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Nasser Ansari ... negative cutting
Hasan Ghahramani ... printing / processing
Mohsen Jamshidi ... printing / processing
Mahmoud Karimi ... printing / processing
Hasan Nik-Nezhad ... color correction
Siamak Saeedi ... printing / processing

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Mohammad Ahmadi ... production manager

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Marzieh Makhmalbaf ... assistant director
Kaveh Moeinfar ... assistant director
Razi Mohebi ... assistant director

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Farrokh Fadaei ... sound (as Faroukh Fadace)
Hussein Mahdavi ... sound mixer
Behrooz Shahamat ... sound (as Behroz Shahamat)

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Maysam Makhmalbaf ... still photographer

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Plot Summary

Nogreh is a young Afghani woman living with her father and her sister-in-law, Leylomah, whose husband, Akhtar, is missing. Beyond the issue of Akhtar, Leylomah is most concerned with how to feed her baby. She cannot provide milk for her baby as her own hunger is preventing her from lactating. Nogreh, however, aspires toward a life in a western styled democracy. Although the Taliban are no longer in power in Afghanistan, traditional forces are still active in the country. Nogreh often displays signs of rebellion, such as wearing a pair of white pumps instead of the traditional slipper beneath her burqa. But mostly, Nogreh wants to be educated. Without her father's knowledge, Nogreh is attending a secular girls school. Ultimately, she wants to become President of Afghanistan. With the help of a Pakistani refugee who likes her as a woman, Nogreh tries to understand exactly what forces led to current world leaders being elected, those forces which she wants to emulate. Written by Huggo

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Also Known As
  • À cinq heures de l'après-midi (France)
  • At Five in the Afternoon (World-wide, English title)
  • At Five in the Afternoon (Canada, English title)
  • At Five in the Afternoon (United States)
  • At Five in the Afternoon (United Kingdom)
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  • 105 min
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Trivia Samira Makhmalbaf had difficulty casting the lead role of Nogreh because many women refused to appear on camera without their burqa. Agheleh Rezaie was her second choice after the initial woman she cast dropped out after Makhmalbaf said she would have to show her face to the camera. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Joy of Madness (2003). See more »

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