
The Souvenir(2019)
A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.


Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who has been barred from leaving the country, arrives at a village on the Iran-Turkey border to supervise a film based on a real-life couple seeking passports to Europe being shot in Turkey, but both his stay and the production run into trouble.

Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi

Naser Hashemi
The Sheriff

Vahid Mobasseri
Ghanbar

Bakhtiyar Panjeei
Bakhtiyar

Mina Kavani
Zara
Narges Delaram
Ghanbar's Mother
Abdolreza Heydari
Reza
Amir Davar
Solduz
Darya Alei
Gozal
Sinan Yusufoglu
Sinan
No Bears is a drama, romance film released in 2022 exploring themes of photography, border, filmmaking. Directed by Jafar Panahi, it stars Jafar Panahi, Naser Hashemi, Vahid Mobasseri. Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who has been barred from leaving the country, arrives at a village on the Iran-Turkey border to supervise a film based on a real-life couple seeking passports to Europe being shot in Turkey, but both his stay and the production run into trouble.
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