At Five in the Afternoon
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| Directed by | Samira Makhmalbaf |
| Written by | Mohsen Makhmalbaf Samira Makhmalbaf |
| Produced by | Siamak Alagheband Mohsen Makhmalbaf |
| Starring | Agheleh Rezaie Abdolgani Yousefrazi Razi Mohebi Marzieh Amiri |
| Cinematography | Ebrahim Ghafori Samira Makhmalbaf |
| Edited by | Mohsen Makhmalbaf |
| Music by | Mohammad Reza Darvishi |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Countries | Iran France |
| Language | Dari 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. 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.
The film premiered In Competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival and was awarded the Jury Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. It won Golden Peacock (Best Film) at the 34th International Film Festival of India.