Eclipse Series 47: ABBAS KIAROSTAMI: Early Shorts and Features: Fellow Citizen (1983)

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KIAROSTAMI, Abbas (Iran)
Fellow Citizen [1983]
Eclipse Series 47
Blu-ray


Abbas Kiarostami’s fascination with both Tehrani car culture and the uses of power in postrevolutionary society combine in this documentary about a traffic officer assigned to enforce driving restrictions in central Tehran (a locale near the director’s office at Kanoon). The officer, a rock star in his own world, remains coolly authoritative as he faces a steady stream of exasperated motorists.

51 minutes
Color
Monaural
in Persian
1:37:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2025

Directors/Writer


Abbas Kiarostami was 43 when he wrote and directed Fellow Citizen.

Other Kiarostami films in the Collection:

Eclipse Series 47: Bread and Alley (1970)
Eclipse Series 47: Breaktime (1972)
Eclipse Series 47: Experience (1973)
Eclipse Series 47: The Traveler (1974)
Eclipse Series 47: Two Solutions for One Problem (1975)
Eclipse Series 47: So Can I (1975)
Eclipse Series 47: Colors (1976)
Eclipse Series 47: A Wedding Suit (1976)
Eclipse Series 47: Tribute to Teachers (1977)
Eclipse Series 47: Solution No. 1 (1978)
Eclipse Series 47: First Case, Second Case (1979)
Eclipse Series 47: Toothache (1980)
Eclipse Series 47: Orderly or Disorderly (1981)
Eclipse Series 47: The Chorus (1982)
Eclipse Series 47: First Graders (1984)
#990: Where is the Friend's House? (1987)
Eclipse Series 47: Homework (1989)
#519: Close-up (1990)
#991: And Life Goes On (1992)
#992: Through the Olive Trees (1994)
#45: Taste of Cherry (1997)
#1261: The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
#612: Certified Copy (2010)
#708: Like Someone in Love (2012}
#956: 24 Frames (2017)

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