There won't be any bears, but there are eyes watching everywhere, in a small village on the Iranian border. There is also a people submissive to anachronistic traditions, to an invisible power, but very present in the skin and spirit of all. There is still a corrupt system, which feeds with impunity on contraband, of goods and people.
Even on the Turkish side of the border the nightmare continues, until a miracle happens. Or a tragedy puts an end to the suffering of the fugitives.
After being arrested, banned from filming and barred from leaving the country, Jafar Panahi resists as best as he can, with a camera in his hands. A camera that witnesses reality, and not the fiction that some want to pass off as truth.
A director who would like to have a happy ending for his films. But reality does not allow it and death pursues opponents of the regime and tradition, who want to escape coercion, tyranny, imprisonment and torture.
After all, maybe there really are bears, which are running around and killing people, within the Iranian borders.
Even on the Turkish side of the border the nightmare continues, until a miracle happens. Or a tragedy puts an end to the suffering of the fugitives.
After being arrested, banned from filming and barred from leaving the country, Jafar Panahi resists as best as he can, with a camera in his hands. A camera that witnesses reality, and not the fiction that some want to pass off as truth.
A director who would like to have a happy ending for his films. But reality does not allow it and death pursues opponents of the regime and tradition, who want to escape coercion, tyranny, imprisonment and torture.
After all, maybe there really are bears, which are running around and killing people, within the Iranian borders.