« At the head of Iran, there remains an empty shell, a sick body which continues to govern because it has money and weapons » – Liberation

The filmmaker Jafar Panahi had not come to Cannes since 2010. Deprived of passport by the Iranian regime, he was able to recover this precious document last year. We were able to meet him hot when he came out of the projection of the triumphant gala ofA simple accident Where he wanted to dedicate the session to all the filmmakers still prevented from shooting in his country.

With this film, more detour, no more glove. It feels like you box the naked hand diet …

I am always inspired by what surrounds me, and when what surrounded me was the street, life in Iranian society, maybe it was softer. Now that I was put in prison, I was sort of blew a subject. The Islamic Republic has tied this pole to me. It is up to her to assume that when we locked an artist, we do not know what can come out. I hope they have enough justice not to imprison artists after that, but I doubt it.

What is your administrative, legal situation, today ?

On the formal level, all the constraints, the court decisions that I was supposed to respect have no lessons, I no longer have a ban on travel, write or shoot a film. However, given the themes that I approach, there is no question that I follow the legal path which consists in requesting authorization from the official bodies and to submit the scenario to them. So that I continue to work exactly under the same conditions