No Bears

Director	Jafar Panahi
Year	2022
Country	Iran
Runtime	1h 47m
Language	Azerbaijani, Persian, Turkish In Persian, Azerbaijani, and Turkish with English Subtitles
Format	DCP
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Synopsis

In the latest entry in one of the most remarkable filmographies in the history of the medium, Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi plays himself, a filmmaker under house arrest in Iran, forbidden to make films. Naturally, the real Panahi has made a film, and that is just what the character Panahi is trying to do (with some difficulty) in NO BEARS. Surprisingly funny for a film made under such strictures, and endlessly thought-provoking, especially considering that, subsequent to the release of NO BEARS, Panahi has been sentenced to six years in prison by the Iranian authorities.

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