Round 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 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 actor is an architect whom its director cast after noticing him while driving in a traffic jam. The final shot of this film’s protagonist depicts him looking up at the moon during a (*) thunderstorm. A Louis Armstrong song plays over this film’s ending, which shows camcorder footage of the director and crew shooting (10[1])this film. The protagonist of this 1997 film gives a ride to a hitchhiking Kurdish soldier, but fails to convince him to shovel dirt on his own corpse the next morning. For 10 points, a suicidal man drives around Tehran in what film by Abbas Kiarostami? ■END■

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