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Director Saeed Roustaee: Sanctions only hit poor people

2022-06-28T08:20:44.676Z


Director Saeed Roustaee: Sanctions only hit poor people Created: 06/28/2022, 10:10 am By: Mayls Majurani Personal experiences inspired Saeed Roustaee to write Leila's Brothers. In Munich, the Iranian director also talked about the obstacles that are put in the way of filmmakers in Iran. © Munich Film Festival In the panel discussion “Filmmakers Live! New Revolutionary Cinema from Iran”, direct


Director Saeed Roustaee: Sanctions only hit poor people

Created: 06/28/2022, 10:10 am

By: Mayls Majurani

Personal experiences inspired Saeed Roustaee to write Leila's Brothers.

In Munich, the Iranian director also talked about the obstacles that are put in the way of filmmakers in Iran.

© Munich Film Festival

In the panel discussion “Filmmakers Live!

New Revolutionary Cinema from Iran”, director Saeed Roustaee spoke about “Leila's Brothers” and filmmaking in Iran.

Iranian films convey very simple feelings and everyday situations with tremendous impact and virtually force the viewer to deal with existential-philosophical questions.

The up-and-coming director Saeed Roustaee also succeeds in doing this with the contribution “Leila's Brothers”, which competes in the “CineMasters” competition at the Munich Film Festival.

In almost three hours, he tells the story of a family that has to master a struggle for financial survival while the country struggles with Western sanctions.

In the panel discussion “Filmmakers Live!

New Revolutionary Cinema from Iran”, the director spoke about the process of creation and filmmaking in his homeland.

Leila's Brothers is based on Saeed Roustaee's personal experiences

“Leila's Brothers” has already won the Fipresci Prize in Cannes, and according to presenter Bernhard Karl it also deserves the Palme d'Or.

It is the third feature film by the 32-year-old filmmaker.

In 2019 he was at the Venice Film Festival with "Just 6.5".

The story of "Leila's Brothers" is based on an anecdote, Roustaee explained.

A friend of mine sold his house to move to a bigger one.

Due to the economic sanctions, the currency was so devalued at this time that he could only afford a smaller and worse house after the sale.

Then there are the director's personal experiences: for a while he was unable to buy any medicine for his mother because there were supply bottlenecks due to the economic measures.

But his film cannot be reduced to just these anecdotes.

It is incredibly eventful and has many layers that are expertly woven together.

But the most obvious are the consequences of sanctions against a country – a hot topic.

Do these penalties really weaken governments, or do they break the ordinary people of a country?

In "Leila's Brothers" this question is of course put into the minds of the viewers much more naively and subliminally - just as one is used to from Iranian films.

Filmmaking in Iran: discussions with authorities about the final version of the films

And how do you write and shoot a film in Iran?

When asked, the 32-year-old explained the processes of a film production: First you have to get a filming permit from the Ministry of Culture.

Later you apply for a performance license with the finished film.

Especially in the second step, there are often long discussions with the authorities, who often dislike many things about films: "They want changes and then you discuss and find a way," said Roustaee.

It is important to him that you can talk to someone.

In that regard, it would have been exciting to have Emin Alper, the director of Burning Days, on the podium as well.

Actually, he was also planned, is also listed as a guest in the festival program, but could not come due to scheduling difficulties.

According to media reports, he changed his script after receiving funding from the Turkish Ministry of Culture.

In the end, a film was made in which the subject of LGBTQ also played a role.

Apparently that wasn't the case in the submitted script.

You can also find the conversation with Roustaee on the YouTube channel of the Munich Film Festival.

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Mayls Majurani

Source: merkur

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