Mars’s Reviews > Abbas Kiarostami > Status Update

"Film, as we see it here, enables people to cross class barriers, in their imaginations when they watch films and, in this case, in life when a poor man impersonates a film director. It becomes an instrument of empowerment as well as a double-edged sword: Sabzian goes to jail for impersonating someone else, but Kiarostami gets prizes and recognition for persuading Sabzian...and others to impersonate themselves."