"Its portrait of Tehran is unforgettable." -- New York Times
"...the suspension of ordinary movie time for the genuine tumult of real life is invigorating, disaster defying, and daringly artful." -- Village Voice
After little Mina is let out of school, she waits outside, as usual, for her mother. But when her mother doesn’t show, Mina sets out on her own, trying to get home. After a while, she is hopelessly lost, a little afraid, but mainly irritated. Suddenly, looking straight into the camera, Mina announces, “I don’t want to play this part anymore,” and the film abruptly shifts gears into a quasi-documentary of blurred reality and stunning role reversal between the director and the directed.