Keshavarz's film is both sensuous and audacious if a little uneven.

Keshavarz uses a trowel to feed us her ideas about living under a repressive regime when all you required was a teaspoon. But she has enough promise to keep you curious for her next offering - if she can just get a lighter grip on the ladle.

Bold, haunting and moving; an excellent feature debut.

The increasing fear and paranoia are temporarily offset by witty scenes of young queers dubbing a pirated version of Milk.