This Is Not a Film (2011)
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Plot Summary
Renowned Iranian director Jafar Panahi received a 6-year prison sentence and a 20-year ban from filmmaking and conducting interviews with foreign press due to his open support for the opposition party in Iran's 2009 election. In this film, which was shot secretly by Panahi's close friend Mojtaba Mirtahmasb and smuggled into France on a USB stick concealed inside a cake for a last-minute submission to Cannes, Panahi documents his daily life under house arrest as he awaits a decision on his appeal.
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It has a TMDB rating of 6.9/10 based on 113 votes.
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This Is Not a Film was directed by Jafar Panahi and released in 2011.
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This Is Not a Film has a runtime of 1 hours and 18 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 2011-09-27
- Box Office
- $0.1M
- Status
- Released