This Is Not a Film
If we could tell a film, then why make 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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Released in 2011, This Is Not a Film sits inside the 2010s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 2011-09-27
- TMDB score
- 6.9/10
- Original language
- FA
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Iran
- Studio
- Jafar Panahi Productions
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