"The third time Iranian director Jafar Panahi was arrested, it was with his wife, his daughter, and 15 of his friends. It was March 2010, and he and Mohammad Rasoulof had been filming a movie that would examine, in Panahi's typical social-realist style, how the recent disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the wave of protests that followed rippled through multiple generations of one family."
"Panahi, 65, and I are seated at the upscale restaurant Reign in Toronto's Fairmont Royal York hotel along with theater historian and professor Sheida Dayani, who is serving as his translator during the press tour for his latest film, It Was Just an Accident, which was made in secret over 25 days on the streets of Tehran. (He's since learned how to hide better.)"
Jafar Panahi was arrested in March 2010 along with his wife, daughter, and 15 friends while secretly filming a politically charged movie about the disputed re-election and ensuing protests. He and Mohammad Rasoulof had shot nearly 30 percent of the project at Panahi's home before authorities raided the apartment. Panahi later made It Was Just an Accident in secret over 25 days on the streets of Tehran and presented it at major festivals, earning top prizes. Panahi maintains a distinctive public image, smokes heavily, and uses a translator on international appearances.
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