Director : Jafar Panahi
Script : Jafar Panahi
Cinematographer : Amin Jafari
Editing : Mastaneh Mohajer
Set Artist : Leila Naghdi
Sound : Alireza Alavian
Music : Imaj Studio Tabriz
Cast : Behnaz Jafari, Jafar Panahi, Marziyeh Rezaei, Narges Del Aram, F. Ismaeilnejad, Y. Dadashnejad
Production :
Jafar Panahi Film production
Distribution :
Memento Films
9 cité Paradis
75010 Paris
01 53 34 90 39
[email protected]
www.memento-films.com
Year : 2018
DCP, Color, 100 mn, OV persan with french ST
Prix du Scénario, Cannes 2018
A famous Iranian actress receives a disturbing video of a young girl, imploring her to help her escape from her conservative family. So, she asks her friend, director Jahar Panahi, to help her understand whether she is being manipulated. Together, they drive along to the young girl’s village in the remote mountains of the North West where ancestral traditions continue to rule local life.
“Jafar Panahi wanted to go back over the history of Iranian cinema as well as show what had hindered its artists in different ways at different times. Hence, the idea of evoking three generations – past, present and future - through three characters who are actresses. On writing these three stories, the image of the narrow, winding road was born; a road which is a concrete representation of all the limitations which prevent people from living and developing. “ Jean-Michel Frodon
