This Is Not a Film
It's been months since 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.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Released
- 2011
- Country
- Iran
Details
Release year: 2011
Storyline
It's been months since 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.
Top credits
Jafar Panahi — Self- Igi — Self - pet lizard
- Mrs. Gheirat — Self
- Mojtaba Mirtahmasb — Self
Did you know
• Director Jafar Panahi was put under house arrest in 2010 and banned from filmmaking for 20 years. This film was smuggled out of Iran on a USB stick hidden in a cake.
• Calling This Is Not A Film one of the top 10 movies of 2012, critic Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post said the film "uses Brechtian staging, blurred lines between documentary and drama, and an iPhone to explore the notion of physical and political boundaries, the aesthetic and technological contours of cinema, and the enduring power of self-expression."
• The title is inspired by René Magritte's painting The Treachery of Images.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $77,016
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $12,608 (2012-03-04)
User reviews
Whether it's a film or not is irrelevant, it's a fantastic comment on the state of Iranian democracy
Fascinating in how storytelling through film is unintentionally broken down and laid out.
This risky gutsy non-violent protest movie paid off, big time for the director. Not so much, for the viewers. It was alright for the most part.
Technical specs
- Color
- Color
