Fresh
This is a parable about modern Iran, and like many recent Iranian films it leaves its meaning to the viewer.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Overview
In an act of vengeance, a young man randomly kills two police officers. He escapes to the forest, where he is arrested by two other officers. The three men are surrounded by trees, the woods. They are lost in a maze, a desolate landscape, where the boundaries between the hunter and the hunted are difficult to perceive.
Director and cast
- Rafi Pitts Director
- Rafi Pitts as Ali Alavi
- Mitra Hajjar as Sara P. Alavi - Ali's Wife
- Malek Jahan Khazai as Ali's Mother
- Ali Nicksaulat as Police Officer - Commander
- Ismail Amini as Young boy
- Amir Ayoubi as Police Officer
- Hassan Ghalenoi as Policeman - Soldier
- Ali Mazinani as Reza - Young night guard
- Ossta Shah-Tir as Ali's Father
- Hossein Nickbakht as Hotel Receptionist
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
75%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Cinematographer Mohammad Davudi's nighttime shots of jammed Tehran highways help convey the society's dehumanization.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Fresh
Filmed during the months leading up to the 2009 presidential election in Iran, The Hunter still seethes with fury -- and anticipates the blood that would spill after the vote.
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice
Fresh
The clammy chill that pervades "The Hunter," the fourth feature film by the Iranian director Rafi Pitts, seeps under your skin as you wait for its grim, taciturn protagonist to detonate.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Fresh
By the time you realize how stealthy the film's critique has been, you've already fallen right into its trap.
David Fear, Time Out New York
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