This Is Not 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.
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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.
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The Decameron
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A Cat in Paris
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The Silence
7.5
Five Broken Cameras
7.4
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4.5
Totally Innocent
4.8
Dreams That Money Can Buy
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The Labyrinth 1.0
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Children of Heaven
7.9
Undercover
7.3
Baraka
8.2
The Conformist
7.7
Taste of Cherry
7.7
Inside Job
7.7
Sin Nombre
7.6
Joker
8.1
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Tenet
7.2
Avatar: The Way of Water
7.6