The director of 'There Is No Evil' and 'Manuscripts Don’t Burn' was released from Tehran’s Evin prison in February due to ill health, but is still unable to leave the country.
Cannes: Brie Larson, Paul Dano, Julia Ducournau on Competition Jury, Pixar's 'Elemental' to Close FestivalThe 50-year-old director is one of the most prominent critics of the Iranian regime and his public statements have landed him in prison several times over the years.
He has been banned from making films and, for the past 6 years, from leaving the country., a blistering attack on the violence and hypocrisy at the core of the Islamic Republic, was smuggled out of the country and screened at the Berlin Film Festival, where it won the Golden Bear for best film. and both premiere in Un Certain Regard. The first won the Fipresci critics’ prize, the latter the best film honor.
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