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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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