This Is Not a Film

Name: This Is Not a Film
Cast: Jafar Panahi, Igi, Mrs. Gheirat, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Rakhsan

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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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Cast & Crew

Directors: Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

Jafar Panahi

as Self

Igi

as Pet lizard

Mrs. Gheirat

as Self (voice)

Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

as Self

Rakhsan

as Self (voice)

Sima

as Self (voice)

Micky

as Self

Hasan

as Self

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