Secret Ballot (film)

Secret Ballot Persian Raye makhfi is an Iranian film from 2001. It was directed by Babak Payami. The film covers a day in the life of an agent collecting votes on an island in Iran.

The couplebynecessity do eventually jeep trouble aside scour the land to find eligible voters among the sparse locals. The trek starts in a desert and gradually moves to somewhat greener places. It is educational for both parties. They encounter a variety of people mostly illiterate peasants and situations, which simultaneously instructs the two roamers and the audience. By the end of the film, only a few people have voted, and the young woman is largely disillusioned about the entire process. Several people refused to vote for the approved candidates, and one voted for her. There is an undercurrent of an unspoken affection having developed between her and the soldier.Raye makhfi was filmed entirely in Kish Island, a resort island in the Persian Gulf although it is not mentioned in the movie. In fact the setting looks like a semibarren landscape that could be a mainland or an island. There, by the sea, on a desert beach, two soldiers stand guard against smugglers. Apparently, the locals are not particularly fluent in Persian, the national language of Iran, with some speaking in gulf dialect Arabic. On several occasions, the election agent is frustrated by the language barrier. It is implied that a number of foreign nationals fishermen, peddlers are present on the island they are not eligible to vote, of course. The locals are very strict Islamists some of the women even wear face masks in public. Women are completely submissive to the wishes of their men and will not vote unless given permission. ........

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