Packet 7: Tossup 5

Dirt envelops the frame for one full minute in this film as its protagonist sits silently at a quarry. After a character (15[1])in this film tells a story about a doctor diagnosing a man with a broken finger, the rest of his dialogue in the scene plays over a several minute-long shot of a car descending a hill. (15[1])This film’s lead (-5[1])actor is an architect whom its director cast after noticing him (15[1])while driving in a traffic jam. The final shot of this (-5[1])film’s protagonist (-5[1])depicts him looking up at the moon during a (*) thunderstorm. (10[2])A Louis Armstrong song plays over this film’s (10[1])ending, which shows camcorder footage of the director and crew shooting (10[1])this (10[1])film. (10[1]-5[1])The protagonist of this 1997 film gives a ride to a hitchhiking Kurdish soldier, but fails (10[1])to convince him to shovel dirt (-5[1])on his own (10[1])corpse (10[1])the next morning. For 10 points, a suicidal man drives around Tehran in what film by Abbas Kiarostami? ■END■ (10[5]0[1])

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