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This Is Not a Film

If we could tell a film, then why make a film?

6.9 average rating
6.9
Persian / 78 MIN. / 2011

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Jafar PanahiIgiMrs. GheiratMojtaba MirtahmasbRakhsanSimaMickyHasan

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