At Five in the Afternoon

For other films with similar name, see At Five O'Clock in the Afternoon and 5 afternoon.
At Five in the Afternoon
Film poster
Directed bySamira Makhmalbaf
Written byMohsen Makhmalbaf
Samira Makhmalbaf
Produced bySiamak Alagheband
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
StarringAgheleh Rezaie
Abdolgani Yousefrazi
Razi Mohebi
Marzieh Amiri
CinematographyEbrahim Ghafori
Samira Makhmalbaf
Edited byMohsen Makhmalbaf
Music byMohammad Reza Darvishi
Production
companies
Release dates
  • 16 May 2003 (2003-05-16) (Cannes)
  • 16 April 2004 (2004-04-16) (UK)
Running time
105 minutes
CountriesIran
France
LanguageDari Persian

At Five in the Afternoon (Persian: پنج عصر, romanized: Panj é asr) is a 2003 film by Iranian writer-director Samira Makhmalbaf. It tells the story of an ambitious young woman trying to gain an education in Afghanistan after the 2001 defeat of the Taliban.[1] The title comes from a Federico García Lorca poem and is a tale of flourishing against the odds. It was the first film from Afghanistan following the fall of the Taliban.[2]

The film premiered In Competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival and was awarded the Jury Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.[3] It won Golden Peacock (Best Film) at the 34th International Film Festival of India.

  1. ^ Brunette, Peter (2003-05-16). "At Five In The Afternoon (Panj E Asr)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  2. ^ "At Five In The Afternoon well received at Cannes". Hindustan Times. 2003-05-24. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: At Five in the Afternoon". Cannes. Retrieved 2023-01-26.