If we could tell a film, then why make a film?
Renowned Iranian director Jafar Panahi received a 6-year prison sentence and a 20-year ban from filmmaking and conducting interviews with foreign press due to his open support for the opposition party in Iran's 2009 election. In this film, which was shot secretly by Panahi's close friend Mojtaba Mirtahmasb and smuggled into France on a USB stick concealed inside a cake for a last-minute submission to Cannes, Panahi documents his daily life under house arrest as he awaits a decision on his appeal.
Directed byMojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Language
- FA
- Released
- September 27, 2011
- Revenue
- $69,659
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Cast & crew
Jafar Panahi
Self
Igi
Pet lizard
Mrs. Gheirat
Self (voice)
Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
Self
Rakhsan
Self (voice)
Sima
Self (voice)
Micky
Self
Hasan
Self
- Directed by
- Mojtaba MirtahmasbJafar Panahi
- Written by
- Jafar Panahi
- Produced by
- Jafar Panahi
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