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Iranian Director Brings Hope and Message to Cannes with Debut Film

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The Cannes Film Festival has seen a significant presence of films from Iran and India. Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof's latest film "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" premiered at the festival to strong reviews, despite facing eight years in prison for his previous work criticizing Iran's hard-line government. The film tells the story of a judge's struggles amid political unrest and features cast members Soheila Golestani and Missagh Zareh. Meanwhile, Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia's new film "All We Imagine as Light" premiered in the festival's main competition section, marking the first time an Indian film has played in Cannes in 30 years. The film opens with street scenes of contemporary Mumbai and is part of a remarkable turnaround for India's prolific film industry, which has supplied seven films at the 77th Cannes Film Festival.

  1. Mohammad Rasoulof
    Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
    1. The Islamic Republic has taken the Iranian people hostage.
  2. Mahsa Rostami
    Cannes Film Festival
    1. We just prayed that this project would be followed through to the end.
    2. Sometimes people said, 'There's someone outside lurking,' and we would all scatter.

Cannes Film Festival

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sources

  1. 1.BBC
  2. 2.France 24
  3. 3.The New York Times
  4. 4.Guardian
  5. 5.Times
  6. 6.Variety

perspectives

  1. 1.Iran Foreign Policy
  2. 2.Authoritarianism
  3. 3.Freedom of Speech
  4. 4.Cinema
  5. 5.Cinema Festivals

countries

  1. 1.ChinaCN
  2. 2.GermanyDE
  3. 3.FranceFR
  4. 4.United KingdomGB
  5. 5.IndiaIN
  6. 6.Iran, Islamic Republic ofIR
  7. 7.ItalyIT
  8. 8.MaliML
  9. 9.PortugalPT
  10. 10.Russian FederationRU

organizations

  1. 1.Cannes Film Festival
  2. 2.Hindus
  3. 3.Cannes Classics
  4. 4.CineVue
  5. 5.Film and Television Institute of India
  6. 6.Grand Théâtre Lumière
  7. 7.Indiewire
  8. 8.Revolutionary Court
  9. 9.Sight & Sound

persons

  1. 1.Payal Kapadia
  2. 2.Divya Prabha
  3. 3.Jia Zhangke
  4. 4.Kani Kusruti
  5. 5.Ali Abbasi
  6. 6.Aranyer Din Ratri
  7. 7.Chhaya Kadam
  8. 8.Coralie Fargeat
  9. 9.Demi MooreUS
  10. 10.Eve Jackson
  11. 11.Francis Ford CoppolaUS
  12. 12.Gabriella Gallozzi

technicals

  1. 1.All We Know as Light
  2. 2.Palme d'Or
  3. 3.A Night of Knowing Nothing
  4. 4.French Riviera
  5. 5.Islam
  6. 6.Seed of the Sacred Fig
  7. 7.Anatomy of a Fall
  8. 8.Anora
  9. 9.Big City
  10. 10.Caught by the Tides
  11. 11.Days and Nights in the Forest
  12. 12.Dheepan