Palme d'Or-winning director Jafar Panahi returns home
Source: BBC
An Iranian filmmaker has been cheered at home after winning Cannes Film Festival's top prize.Jafar Panahi touched down in Tehran's international airport on Monday, two days after his Palme d'Or victory for revenge thriller It Was Just Accident. Panahi has been imprisoned multiple times in Iran, most recently for protesting the detention of filmmakers criticising the authorities. This was his first visit to Cannes…
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