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Iranian Director Saeed Roustaee’s ‘Woman And Child’ Gets 10-Minute Ovation In Cannes Debut


Iranian filmmaker Saeed Roustaee's latest movie Woman and Child got an 10-minute ovation after it premiered at the Cannes Film Fesival.

The story follows Mahnaz (Parinaz Izadyar), a 40-year-old widowed nurse who is about to re-marry; she is also struggling with her rebellious son, Aliyar (Sinan Mohebi), who has been suspended from school. Family tensions reach a peak during a betrothal ceremony with her intended Hamid (Payman Maadi), and a tragic accident occurs. Roustaee has previously said that Mahnaz’s character “screamed in his mind” and told the festival, “The film tells the story of a woman fighting all the men who made her live in a patriarchal society that deprived her of all her rights, including that of a mother.”

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