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Iranian director of the Jafar Pahani dissident – who has been captured several times in Iran for the making of the film – has won the prestigious Palme D’Or award at the 78th Cannes Film Festival.
64 -year -old man, who is prohibited from making a film Iran, The prime of the political thriller was only an accident on May 20.
This film is one of the 22 who competes to get the grand prize – and against famous director including Wes Anderson, Richard Linklatter, and Ari Aster.
Inspired by his own experience in prison, this film tells the story of a dissolved dissident who kidnapped a man who resembled someone who tortured him in prison. Immediately, the protagonist questioned whether more violence was the right approach to ensuring justice.
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The film maker, whose appearance at the festival was the first in 15 years due to a travel ban, using his acceptance speech to speak against the regime.
He said: “Hope that we will reach the day when no one will tell us what to use or not, what to do or not do”, in a referral to the rule of simplicity of Iran that is strict for women.
Director Jafar Panahi. Pic: Reuters.
Death of 2022 MAHSA AMINI, A young woman who was in the police detention of Iran’s morality for allegedly violating the law of simplicity, causing the largest civil riots in the country since the 1979 revolution.
Films, like his works published since 2010, were shot in secret.
The director told Reuters that he vowed to return to his home country after the festival – although the risk was prosecuted.
He said: “Win or not, I will return in any way. Don’t be afraid of challenges.”
Pahani has now won the top prizes in the three major European festivals – after winning the Golden Lion in Venice for the circle in 2000, and the Berlin Gold Bear for a taxi in 2015.
