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‘Woman And Child’ Review: Iran’s Saeed Roustaee Delivers A Fiery Feminist Portrait Of A Woman Who Refuses To Be Pushed Aside – Cannes Film Festival
‘Woman And Child’ review: Iran’s Saeed Roustaee delivers a fiery feminist portrait of a woman who refuses to be pushed aside – Cannes Film Festival
Like the recently released Jafar Panahi, Woman and Child director Saeed Roustaee fell afoul of the authorities in 2023 for having the temerity to submit his last film, Leila’s Brothers, to Cannes without making the necessary changes to please the Ministry of Culture. Finally, the couple set a date for the engagement ceremony, at Mahnaz’s apartment, on condition that she hide all evidence of her children from his parents and sister, who are travelling ten hours to the big city from their village in the sticks. Title: Woman And Child Festival: Cannes (Competition) Director/screenwriter: Saeed Roustaee Cast: Parinaz Izadyar, Payman Maadi, Soha Niasti, Sinan Mohebi Sales agent: Goodfellas Running time: 2 hr 11 mins
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