No Bears
2022 · Movie · 107 min · ★ 6.9 · 96% critics
A filmmaker under travel restrictions heads to a remote village near the Iran–Turkey border to oversee a movie being shot across the border about a couple trying to secure passports to Europe. As local tensions flare and the production hits obstacles, the visit grows increasingly uneasy, raising questions about freedom, fear, and everyday life under pressure.
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Details
- Original title
- خرس نیست
- Years
- 2022
- Release date
- 2022-10-06
- Language
- FA
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Critic score
- 96/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (130 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy slow-burn, politically tinged dramas about everyday pressure and moral gray areas, similar to Taxi or 3 Faces; Not for you if you want fast pacing, clear resolutions, or constant action.
Pros: tense, uneasy atmosphere; thoughtful themes of freedom; vivid rural setting | Cons: slow pace; limited character engagement; underwhelming, inconclusive feel
Themes
- photography
- border
- filmmaking
Cast & crew
Jafar Panahi
as Jafar Panahi
Naser Hashemi
as The Sheriff
Vahid Mobasseri
as Ghanbar
Bakhtiyar Panjeei
as Bakhtiyar
Mina Kavani
as Zara
- ND
Narges Delaram
as Ghanbar's Mother
- AH
Abdolreza Heydari
as Reza
- AD
Amir Davar
as Solduz
- DA
Darya Alei
as Gozal
- SY
Sinan Yusufoglu
as Sinan
Directed by Jafar Panahi