The Hunter -- Film Review

BERLIN -- Iranian/British director Rafi Pitts, who trained and made his first film in France, follows up his 2006 Berlin competition film "It's Winter" ("Zemestan") with "The Hunter" ("Shekarchi"), a lesser effort altogether. The familiar Iranian-style minimalist long-take is still much in evidence, but nothing quite jells in the new film, and audiences will wait in vain for a satisfying emotional, political or thematic payoff.