Cannes, somehow, is still chugging along, and we’ve got more press conferences, surprises and acquisitions to discuss.
Mohammad Rasoulof heads to Cannes
After dissident Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof received an eight-year prison sentence from the country for making “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” which will have its premiere at Cannes later this week, it was thought that he would (for obvious reasons) not be attending the festival. But he snuck out of the country and into Europe and will actually be attending the premiere of his latest film.
Rasoulof decided to leave the country shortly after being sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court.
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