No Bears (2022)

Original title

خرس نیست

Directed by

Jafar Panahi

Genre

drama film

Country

Iran

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

12

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 130 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker finds his own life entangled with the troubles of a small Iranian border village. His attempts to help a couple elope draw him into a dangerous situation.

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What happens

No Bears (Persian: خرس نیست, romanized: Khers Nist, lit. 'There are no bears') is a 2022 Iranian drama film written, directed and produced by Jafar Panahi. The film was shot secretly in Iran and stars Panahi, Naser Hashemi, Vahid Mobasri, Bakhtiar Panjei and Mina Kavani. Production wrapped up in May 2022. No Bears premiered at the 79th Venice Film Festival in competition for the Golden Lion, without the presence of the director, who has been arrested and sentenced to 6 years prison in Iran, prior to the film's release. The film is distributed by Celluloid Dreams. It won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival in September 2022, and received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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