Manuscripts Don't Burn (2013)

Original title

دست‌نویس‌ها نمی‌سوزند

Directed by

Mohammad Rasoulof

Genre

drama film

Country

Iran

Runtime

2h 05m

Rated

15

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1990s Iran, a plot is hatched to assassinate a group of writers traveling on a bus. The film follows the planning and failed execution of this attack.

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What happens

Manuscripts Don't Burn (Persian: دست‌نوشته‌ها نمی‌سوزند, translit. Dast-Neveshtehaa Nemisoozand) is a 2013 Iranian drama film written and directed by Mohammad Rasoulof, about a failed attempt to kill a busload of Iranian writers in 1996. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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