‘Midday Meal’ Review: Touching Iranian Drama Charts a Teacher’s Desperate Acts to Provide for His School
Culture Index
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Relevance
14/25
Freshness
25/25
Authority
18/20
Brand Signal
11/15
Depth
5/15
5-Axis Cultural Radar
“Midday Meal” isn’t necessarily about the art of cooking, but it is in part about the rituals of food, rituals which become more precious with scarcity. But more than that, the new film from director Majid Majidi — best known for his 1997 drama “Children of Heaven”, the first Iranian production ever nominated for the […]
