Out of Control (2002) is a gripping crime drama that follows the lives of young offenders in a dangerous institution. Fueled by drugs and aggression, these vulnerable teenagers navigate the treacherous world of joyriding, petty crime, bullying, and improvisation. As they struggle to survive on a housing estate filled with death and aggression, they are confronted with the harsh realities of their actions and the consequences they face. Through the eyes of a teenage boy, this tense and gritty film explores the themes of victimhood, prison life, and the consequences of one's choices.
New inmate Rainbow has just been imprisoned for a year for his part in a fight over his girlfriend Wendy. After being assigned to kitchen duty, he becomes involved in a food-trading racket. When the scheme is betrayed to the prison's governor, its prime mover is threatened with an extended sentence - unless Rainbow can come up with a way to save him.
Women's Prison recounts the life of the prisoners and the problems their families encounter in their struggle to survive. Here again filmmaker Kamran Shirdel employs the cinema verité style. The interviews with the prisoners, social workers and teachers serve as commentaries for "constructed" documentary images.
Since the Islamic Revolution in Iran, capital punishment is carried out according to Islamic law, which gives the family of the victim ownership of the offender's life. Day Break - based on a compilation of true stories and shot inside Tehran's century-old prison - revolves around the imminent execution of Mansour, a man found guilty of murder. When the family of the victim repeatedly fails to show up on the appointed day, Mansour's execution is postponed again and again. Stuck inside the purgatory of his own mind, he waits as time passes on without him, caught between life and death, retribution and forgiveness.
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