Rotten
This film is unique in a dreadful way: what happens on screen would not be particularly interesting without the facts surrounding its making.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
This Is Not a Film
If we could tell a film, then why make a film?
2011 · 1h 18m · Not Rated
Documentary
Directed by
Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
,
Jafar Panahi
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Not a conventional film, certainly, but a powerful and important statement.
Tom Charity, CNN.com
Rotten
There is courage and cheekiness here. What there is not is a story, or much insight or even anger; anyone expecting an indictment of Iran will be sorely disappointed.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Fresh
Truly and defiantly extraordinary in its own quiet way.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
This may not be a film, but it's a moving statement of defiance and despair.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
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