Overview
A poignant exploration of the struggles faced by veterans seeking to reintegrate into society after war.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- urgent
- claustrophobic
- melancholic
- serious film night
- iranian cinema discovery
What critics said
Critics and festival audiences broadly celebrated the film as a powerful, socially urgent Iranian drama, with particular acclaim for its direction, screenplay, performances, and emotional treatment of veterans.
What sets it apart
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The central conflict follows a war veteran whose behavior and needs clash with postwar social norms.
The veteran’s crisis exposes the inability of ordinary social systems to understand or accommodate him.
The agency setting concentrates veterans, civilians, and authorities within a pressured social environment.
The film depicts the continuing social consequences of war for veterans in Iran.
Films like The Glass Agency, and why
The Runner
shared focus on war veterans, postwar alienation, institutional conflict, and emotionally forceful drama
A Separation
shared Iranian social realism, moral urgency, and pressure placed on ordinary people by institutions
The Circle
shared political tension, constrained social spaces, and characters confronting rigid systems
Waltz with Bashir
shared postwar trauma, psychological intensity, and critique of social indifference
Movie Details
- Director
- Ebrahim Hatamikia
- Release Date
- 1998-01-02
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (32)
Cast
- Parviz Parastouei
- Reza Kianian
- Habib Rezaei
- Qasem Zare
- Bita Baadraan
- Asghar Naghizade
- Behrooz Shoeibi
Common questions
- What is The Glass Agency about?
- A wounded Iranian war veteran turns a public crisis into a desperate confrontation with a society that no longer understands him.
- What is The Glass Agency like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Glass Agency as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Glass Agency violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in The Glass Agency as moderate.
- What did critics think of The Glass Agency?
- Critics and festival audiences broadly celebrated the film as a powerful, socially urgent Iranian drama, with particular acclaim for its direction, screenplay, performances, and emotional treatment of veterans.
- Which films are like The Glass Agency?
- Films with a similar feel include The Runner, A Separation, The Circle, and Waltz with Bashir.
- How long is The Glass Agency?
- The Glass Agency runs 108 minutes.
