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This Is Not a Film

In Film Nist (This is Not a Film)

2011

Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

Documentary, Self: Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

6.8

1,013

Documentary It's been months since iranian director Jafar Panahi, stuck in jail, has been awaiting a verdict by the appeals court. By depicting a day in his life, Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb try to portray the deprivations looming in contemporary Iranian cinema.

	Author	Review
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"If this is not a film, it is, among other things, a statement of creative resistance in the face of tyranny and a document of intellectual freedom under political duress"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"The result is a heartbreaking, agonising study of loneliness (...) This film is a samizdat cine-poem in defence of cinema and freedom (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"An unusual documentary that gives viewers a clear feeling for the director’s life trapped inside the gilded cage of his luxurious Teheran apartment"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Little by little, detail by detail, 'This Is Not a Film' leads to a final scene of overwhelming power (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Dana Stevens Slate	"Jafar Panahi’s 'This Is Not a Film' is a miracle—not only because it’s such a terrific movie but because it exists for us to see at all"	POS

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