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First screened in August 2014
Director: Ramin Bahrani. Cast: Ahmad Razvi, Leticia Dolera, Charles Daniel Sandoval, Ali Reza, Altaf Houssein, Arun Lal, Hassan Razvi, Razia Mujahid, Farooq Muhammad, Panicker Upendran, Bhavna Toor, Mustafa Razvi, Shaana Diya, Bill Lewis. Screenplay: Ramin Bahrani. Twitter Capsule:
Strong at evoking textures of city, character, and social predicament. Shakier when privileging plot or performance.
VOR:④
Rare indie to sport high production values while staking credible claim to neorealist ethos, however discrepant in style. Rare, too, as Pakistani-American character study.
