Film
No Bears (12A)
Dir. Jafar Panahi, Iran, 2022, 106 mins, subtitled. Cast. Naser Hashemi, Reza Heydari, Mina Kavani.
Jafar Panahi has spent over a decade in and out of prison or under house arrest in Iran, after being banned from filmmaking by the government. His lovingly crafted latest film comes at a time when he is imprisoned again - he was sentenced this summer for his support of a fellow artist's independence. In two parallel love stories, Panahi plays a version of himself trying to remotely direct a film from an Iranian village close to the Turkish border, but soon finds himself under suspicious eyes from the local residents unnerved by his presence.
Arguably the filmmaker's richest and most complex work to date, No Bears is a powerful statement of tenacity and defiance from a director who cannot be silenced.
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Jafar Panahi has spent over a decade in and out of prison or under house arrest in Iran, after being banned from filmmaking by the government. His lovingly crafted latest film comes at a time when he is imprisoned again - he was sentenced this summer for his support of a fellow artist's independence. In two parallel love stories, Panahi plays a version of himself trying to remotely direct a film from an Iranian village close to the Turkish border, but soon finds himself under suspicious eyes from the local residents unnerved by his presence.
Arguably the filmmaker's richest and most complex work to date, No Bears is a powerful statement of tenacity and defiance from a director who cannot be silenced.
For detailed information about the film's age rating and potential triggering contents, you can visit the BBFC website and search the film title, then scroll down to the “ratings info” section: www.bbfc.co.uk
