The concept of reciprocal justice — “An eye for an eye” — goes back to the Code of Hammurabi and various religious texts, but has faced challenges Biblical (“Vengeance is Mine, I will repay”), Shakespearean (“The quality of mercy is not strained”), and catch-all (“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind”).

Tanaz Eshaghian and Farzad Jafari’s An Eye for an Eye puts issues of justice, vengeance and mercy to the ultimate test in a documentary that’s taut, emotional and provocative. There’s a sense that the 84-minute film leaves a lot of big ideas on the table in favor of something more intimate and efficient, but there’s a lot to admire in the filmmakers’ restrained account, which might have spiraled out of control if it tried to answer every question it introduces.

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