Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof
Winner of best director honors in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, Mohammad Rasoulof’s film offers an incisive portrait of an Iranian citizen straining under curtailed personal freedoms. Noura is an attorney whose license has been revoked by the government, as her resultant attempts at escape meet with ever-mounting roadblocks. Evoking a sense of dread and despair, Rasoulof (himself officially constrained from making more films) constructs a fitting metaphor for the stultifying pressures faced by many in today’s Iran.
Producer/Screenwriter: Mohammad Rasoulof. Cinematographer: Arastoo Givi. Editor: Mohamadreza Muini. Cast: Leyla Zareh, Hassan Pourshirazi, Behname Tashakor, Fereshteh Sadreorafai, Shahab Hoseini.
35mm, color, 100 min.
