An Iranian filmmaker and his producer reportedly face prison time and being barred from filmmaking after they showcased a movie at the Cannes Film Festival without government approval.
Additionally, the aging patriarch, hoarding his family’s wealth and forcing them into squalor for a chance at personal glory, can be seen as an allegory to Iran’s theocracy.
On Tuesday, Etemad newspaper reported that Tehran's Revolutionary Court sentenced the two men to six months in prison over creating “propaganda against the system.” The judge suspended all but 10-odd days of the prison sentence for the next five years, the newspaper said. However, the men will also be banned from filmmaking and communicating with those in the field during that period, as well as must attend a mandatory filmmaking course while “maintaining national and moral interests.” The sentence is appealable.
The international reaction against the sentence was swift. Scorsese, known for his films “Goodfellas,” “Casino” and the upcoming “Killers of the Flower Moon,”The Biarritz International Film Festival, at which Roustayi chaired the jury this year,“His only crime is being a free-spirited filmmaker," the festival said. “Although he's not even 35, his sharp take on society makes him one of today's major international filmmakers.
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