About
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...
Cast
Jafar Panahi
Himself
Igi
Pet lizard
Mrs. Gheirat
Herself (voice)
Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
Himself
Rakhsan
Herself (voice)
Sima
Herself, owner of Micky the dog (voice)
Micky
Himself, Sima's dog
Hasan
Himself, part-time janitor
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#35 on The 50 best films of the decade so far The Dissolve
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