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‘Woman and Child’ Review: Parinaz Izadyar’s Powerhouse Performance in Iranian Melodrama Is a Contender for the Cannes Best Actress Prize
Selling a descent from stress into a state of devastation that can never be shed (only briefly reprised) is the formidable ...
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 ...
‘Woman and Child’ Review: In Iran, a Single Mom Pushes Back on the Patriarchy in Nonsensical, Self-Destructive Ways
One of the thrills of watching what we once called “foreign” films is discovering a movie from an entirely different culture ...
‘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
They say that when one door closes, another door opens. This very much applies to Iranian cinema, and the one-in, one-out approach that the country's government seems to take when imprisoning its ...
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Cannes-Bound Iranian Film ‘Woman and Child’ Sparks Controversy, Prompting ‘Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Director to Intervene (EXCLUSIVE)
Even before Saeed Roustayee’s “Woman and Child” premieres at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, the Iranian director’s new work is sparking heated controversy that reflects deep soul ...