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Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia during political unrest in Tehran
When his gun goes missing, he becomes suspicious of his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family bonds as social norms crumble. Director Mohammad Rasoulof was originally scheduled to attend the 2023 Cannes Film Festival as a member of the Un Certain Regard jury.
On May 12, 2024, Rasouloff announced that he had managed to escape Iran and was staying at an undisclosed location in Europe
However, he was arrested in July 2022 after criticizing the government’s crackdown on protesters in the southwestern city of Abadan in Iran following the deadly collapse of a building. On May 8, 2024, Rasouloff’s lawyer announced that he had been sentenced to eight years in prison, in addition to flogging, a fine and confiscation of his assets.
On May 24, 2024, Rasouloff attended the premiere of the film in Cannes and on the red carpet showed photos of two of the actors of the film, Soheila Golestani and Missagh Zareh
Overall it is a gripping film, which tried to portray what happened in Iran in 2022, it has a lot of symbolic meanings, although I am not sure if there were good intentions or not. Great acting by not very famous actors and actresses and good suspensions, but overall in this film a lot of hatred towards men is induced (not very fair) because I think the director and the Iranian people have a lot of emotions (which are fair) towards what they have experienced.
If this film won an international award, it is totally due to today’s circumstances, not to a powerful script, but for the level of Iran this is a 7+ film, internationally it is above average
The script has a lot of gaps; the motivations of the gun thief were not explained, the father suddenly turned into a monster, it did not make sense, the girls suddenly showed a lot of PTSD from the father, but why?
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