No Date, No Signature 2017

     Dr. Kaveh Nariman is a forensic pathologist.  He has a minor car accident on a busy highway with a motorcyclist but the father refuses his help.  Riding the cycle were the husband, wife and their two children, a son and daughter.  Dr. Naiman offers to take them to a hospital for a checkup but they refuse.  He also recommends

     Dr. Kaveh Nariman is a forensic pathologist.  He has a minor car accident on a busy highway with a motorcyclist but the father refuses his help.  Riding the cycle were the husband wife and their two children.  Dr. Naiman offers to take them to a hospital for a check but they refuse.  He also recommends that they stop by a clinic that is nearby.  They don’t stop but continue on despite his flashing his lights and honking his horn?  Two days later, Dr. Naiman learns that the son has been brought in for an autopsy after a suspicious death.  Dr. Naiman is very worried that the child had an injury after the accident that was left untreated?  Dr. Sayeh Behbahani did the autopsy and she said the child died of food poisoning?  Dr. Naiman can’t let the matter rest until he knows the truth.

     One additional problem that Dr. Naiman is facing is that his insurance had expired.  That is why he didn’t call any authorities after the accident.  Leila, the mother and Musa are very worried that their son died because Musa bought chicken that may have been spoiled?  Their marriage begins to disintegrate over their grief and the possibility of poisoning.  Careful attention must be used watching this film because of the pace and the subtitles.  Everything is very serious and the outcomes are also serious.  The colors are browns and grays and there is a mood of constant worry.  3* (This movie is OK)

104 min, Drama directed by Vahid Jalilvand with Navid Mohammadzadeh, Amir Aghaee, Hediyeh Tehrani, Zakieh Behbahani, Saeed Dakh, Alireza Ostadi.

Note:  Imdb 7.3 out of 10, Roger Ebert 3 ½* Godfrey Cheshire, Slant Magazine 2* out of 4* Chuck Bowen, Rotten Tomatoes 95% critic 93% audience, Amazon 4* out of 5* with 2 reviews, Chili Movie 7.3*.

Special Note:  Filmed in Tehran, Iran.  This is Vahid Jalilvand second feature film.  Official submission of Iran for the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 91^st Academy Awards in 2019.