The Apple (1998)
After twelve years of imprisonment by their own parents, two Iranian sisters are finally released by social workers to face the outside world for the first time.
Director: Samira Makhmalbaf
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Massoumeh Naderi as Massoumeh |
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Zahra Naderi as Zahra |
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Ghorban Ali Naderi as Father |
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Azizeh Mohamadi as Azizeh |
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Zahra Saghrisaz as |
| Directing | Samira Makhmalbaf | Director |
| Writing | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Writer |
| Directing | Hana Makhmalbaf | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Samira Makhmalbaf | Writer |
| Editing | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Editor |
| Directing | Marziyeh Meshkiny | Assistant Director |
| Production | Iraj Sarbaz | Executive Producer |
| Production | Marin Karmitz | Producer |
| Production | Véronique Cayla | Producer |
| Camera | Ebrahim Ghafori | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Mohamad Ahmadi | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Akbar Meshkini | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Maysam Makhmalbaf | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Hossein Amiri | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Reza Sheykhi | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Moosa Makvandi | Negative Cutter |
| Editing | Jahangir Rajabi-Khah | Negative Cutter |
| Production | Susan Jacobs | Publicist |
| Sound | Behrooz Shahamat | Sound |