▁to ▁brave ▁such ▁matters ▁without ▁the ▁bal m ▁of ▁resolution . ▁And ▁for ▁such ▁a ▁work ▁to ▁be ▁so ▁transport ingly ▁beautiful ▁and ▁so ▁immediately ▁human ▁-- ▁this ▁is ▁a ▁tre asure .” ▁– Front line ▁▁ ▁“ T hr ough out , ▁Iran ian ▁ill s ▁are ▁moving ly ▁condem ned , ▁but ▁it ' s ▁The ▁White ▁M ead ows ' s ▁more ▁general , ▁human istic ▁portrait ▁of ▁man ' s ▁mult if ac et ed ▁nature ▁that ▁truly ▁insp ires , ▁its ▁social ▁critique ▁ultimately ▁en hanced ▁by ▁its ▁recognition ▁of ▁the ▁fal lib ility , ▁ir r ational ity ▁and ▁in scr ut ability ▁of ▁people ' s ▁hearts ▁and ▁minds .” ▁– Sl ant ▁Magazine ▁▁ ▁“ C in emat ograph er ▁E bra him ▁Gh af ouri ▁has ▁done ▁an ▁aston ishing , ▁painter ly ▁job . ▁Like ▁the ▁Rom antic ▁painter ▁Cas par ▁David ▁Friedrich , ▁he ▁sets ▁the ▁human ▁figure ▁in ▁dimin ished ▁perspective ▁amid ▁exp ans ive ▁land sc apes .” ▁– ▁Screen ▁Daily ▁▁ ▁“ Th ough ▁rich ▁in ▁alleg ory , ▁the ▁film ▁keeps ▁its ▁symbol ism ▁obsc ure ▁enough ▁to ▁e va de ▁both ▁Iran ian ▁cens ors ▁and ▁film go ers ▁looking ▁for ▁obvious ▁crit iques ▁of ▁the ▁current ▁political ▁situation , ▁but ▁its ▁beauty ▁and ▁always ▁fasc in ating ▁imag ery ▁should ▁attract ▁a ▁stead fast ▁fest ▁crowd .” ▁– ▁Vari ety ▁ ▁“ R as ou lo f ' s ▁tale ▁goes ▁beyond ▁the ▁ne ore al