The Report

1977 Drama 112 minutes Directed by Abbas Kiarostami

About The Report

A tax collector is accused of taking bribes. At home his wife is ready to leave. He gathers papers for a defense. Abbas Kiarostami directed. Shohreh Aghdashloo and Kurosh Afsharpanah star. The Persian title is گزارش (Gozāresh).

Cast & crew

More about The Report

Kiarostami wrote it. Mehdi Montazar, Mostafa Tari, Hashem Arkan, and Mohamed-Bagher Tavakoh are billed. The listed length is 112 minutes.

Themes

  • A bribery charge
  • A wife who talks of leaving
  • Papers for a defense
  • tax collector
  • bribes
  • Shohreh Aghdashloo
  • Kiarostami
  • Gozāresh

Preservation

A print survives.

Notes

  • The charge is bribes at the tax office. The marriage is the other case.
  • Aghdashloo is the billed woman.
  • Kiarostami has both the writing and the direction.
  • No separate plot summary beyond the accusation and the home quarrel is on the English article.

Scenes

  • He sits with the papers while the charge and the marriage both wait.