1 hr 15 min - Unrated. This clandestine documentary, shot partially on an iPhone and smuggled into France in a cake for a last-minute submission to Cannes, depicts the day-to-day life of acclaimed director Jafar Panahi during his house arrest in his Tehran apartment. While appealing his sentence – six years in prison and a 20 year ban from filmmaking – Panahi is seen talking to his family and lawyer on the phone, discussing his plight with his director Mirtahmasb and reflecting on the meaning of the art of filmmaking. "How did Mr. Panahi do this? I'm at a bit of a loss to explain, to tell you the truth, since my job is to review movies, and this, obviously, is something different: a masterpiece in a form that does not yet exist." -A.O. Scott, N.Y. Times. "A. (Highest Rating). This is a great film, and a triumph of creativity and courage over repression." -Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly.
