This is Not a Film
2011 · 75 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 5,755 VOTES · DIR. Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,003 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:31 Hello?
00:04:18 and we'll give her New Year present, and then maybe...
00:08:33 Yes, 20-year ban.
00:10:46 That's why our legal arguments were not heard.
00:13:34 She might touch the microphone.
00:15:57 Now l thought perhaps l could read out the screenplay.
00:18:42 You are not directing. It's an offence.
00:21:55 Take these to be the stairs.
00:24:28 My next film was being made together with Mr. Rasoulof...
00:27:00 we see the old woman.
00:29:38 the phone suddenly rings.
00:35:36 What l mean is that the film must first be made
00:37:59 How can l tell the sense and feeling in this kind of film?
00:44:26 You know the conditions well.
00:47:11 because he was in love
00:51:15 Why don't you take him to the 8th floor?
00:55:29 Hello?
00:57:54 If you want to turn it into a film, l doubt it, but...
01:00:32 Are you leaving? Give my best to your wife.
01:02:33 No problem.
01:04:36 We were just talking.
01:06:29 Different jobs, like distributing fliers, working in a textile factory.
01:09:09 Hello.
01:11:16 and l went to the door for Akbar...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,003
Dialogue density13.4 lines / min
First line00:01:31
Final line01:11:16
Production Record
DirectorMojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi
LanguagePersian
Revenue$69,659
IMDb votes5,755