When Eghbal’s (Ebrahim Azizi) car breaks down, he is relieved to be near a garage where Vahid (Vahid Mobasseri), one of the mechanics is able to get him back on the road. Vahid, however, thinks that he knows the man, recognizing his voice as that of his tormentor while he spent time in an Iranian prison for speaking out against the…
Tag: Jafar Panahi
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
Released by Neon for a premiere at Cannes in 2021, The Year of the Everlasting Storm brings together seven auteurs of world cinema to reflect on the tumultuous year that was 2020 through works of fiction, documentary, and experimentation. Anthology films are always difficult to process as they live and die on how engaged we are with the material of…
The Marquee Topic 