This Is Not a Film

Sep 27, 2011

1h 15m

★ 6.9

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Jafar Panahi Productions

This Is Not a Film Trailers

Cast

Self

Jafar Panahi

Pet lizard

Igi

Self (voice)

Mrs. Gheirat

Self

Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

Self (voice)

Rakhsan

Self (voice)

Sima

Self

Micky

Self

Hasan

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