| Homework | |
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| مشق شب | |
| Directed by | Abbas Kiarostami |
| Written by | Abbas Kiarostami |
| Produced by | Ali Reza Zarrin |
| Starring | Pupils at Shahid Masumi School Two pupils' fathers Abbas Kiarostami Iraj Safavi |
| Cinematography | Farhad Saba Iraj Safavi Ali Asghar Mirzai |
| Edited by | Abbas Kiarostami |
| Music by | Mohammad Reza Aligholi |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Iran |
| Language | Persian |
Homework (Persian: مشق شب, romanized: Mašq-e šab) is a 1989 Iranian narrative documentary film written, directed and edited by Abbas Kiarostami.
The film was shot on 16mm in late January and/or early February 1988 at Tehran's Shahid Masumi primary school.[1]
The film consists almost exclusively of interviews with a number of pupils and two fathers of pupils at Shahid Masumi school who are asked to give their opinion on the traditional teaching practice of assigning homework. Issues such as some parents' illiteracy and their inability to help their children with the homework are raised. The children don't always succeed in hiding the more embarrassing aspects of their family life (corporal punishment, poverty, etc.).
Homework was included as a special feature in the Criterion Collection's release of the Koker trilogy.[2]
