Despite bans and imprisonment, the renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi continues to create deeply human films. This year, he received the Cannes Film Festival’s highest honor – the Palme d’Or – for his latest work.

Reinventing the road movie genre, Panahi takes viewers on an emotional journey filled with unexpected twists. Late at night, while driving with his wife and daughter, Ekbal accidentally hits a dog and damages his car’s engine.

Searching for help, the family arrives at a mechanic named Vahid’s garage. There, the sound made by Ekbal’s prosthetic leg awakens painful memories – Vahid becomes convinced that the driver is the man who once tortured him. But having never seen his tormentor’s face, can he be completely sure it is the same person?

Movie is in Persian with subtitles in Latvian.

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Distributor: Kino Pavasaris Distribution
Director: Jafar Panahi
Cast: Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi
Links: IMDB

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