The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Metacritic90/100
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
113 audience votes
Key crew
- Jafar PanahiWriter
- Mojtaba MirtahmasbDirector
- Jafar PanahiDirector
Cast
- Jafar PanahiSelf
- IgiPet lizard
- Mrs. GheiratSelf (voice)
- Mojtaba MirtahmasbSelf
- RakhsanSelf (voice)
- SimaSelf (voice)
- MickySelf
- HasanSelf