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Reviews for This Is Not a Film

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7.1 / 10 1h 15min

Renowned Iranian director Jafar Panahi received a 6-year prison sentence and a 20-year ban from filmmaking and conducting interviews with foreign press due to his open support for the opposition party in Iran's 2009 election. In this film, which was shot secretly by Panahi's close friend Mojtaba Mirtahmasb and smuggled into France on a USB stick concealed inside a cake for a last-minute submission to Cannes, Panahi documents his daily life under house arrest as he awaits a decision on his appeal.

Write a reveiew, share your thoughts about the film This Is Not a Film 2011.

MoonlitMantis's Movie review

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Review by MoonlitMantis

Revealing inside view in Iranian apartment of a film maker, confined to his home while awaiting an appeal. Though not really boring, don't expect much action

All Reaction moments

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Review by user810oy8uak7z

A purely individual look at what it is to be a forbidden film maker.

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Review by CrystalCroc

Why should anybody care whether this is a film or not ?

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Review by user393gxlvz5nz

A window into the oppressive state of a nation, as documented by Iranian film maker.

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Review by user396pygybkh5

In this non-film, the non-story is important

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Review by RubyRaccoon

Important but also extremely tough to slog through...

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Review by user988ib9bo0qb

The title is correct – worth seeing as a political statement but mostly it is pretty dull

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Review by user399a8b45lvh

Whether it's a film or not is irrelevant, it's a fantastic comment on the state of Iranian democracy

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Review by user9144dlpzt85

Valiantly motivated experiment that mostly worked!!!

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Review by user6699ne4y1fb

This risky gutsy non-violent protest movie paid off, big time for the director. Not so much, for the viewers. It was alright for the most part.

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Review by user149s8mkb0vt

If not a film, then truly a beautiful poem.

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Review by user536f11hp8ut

It's not a film; why am I reviewing it?

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Review by user171cix0xqgw

Insightful and unique documentary

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Review by user313k4d7c06w

Fascinating in how storytelling through film is unintentionally broken down and laid out.