I bought a ticket on a whim this evening. Horrifying, beautiful, arresting, gut-wrenching, electric. It’s not perfect but I have not had a viewing experience like that in I don’t even know how long—I was riveted and emotionally invested. It uses real protest footage from the Women, Life, Freedom revolt in Iran and the movie was filmed in secret; just days after he was finished shooting, the director Mohammad Rasoulof was sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging for his previous activism and filmmaking by the Iranian Revolutionary Court and fled to Europe. This is essential viewing and if it’s still playing in a theater near you RUN to go see it and show your support for the immensely courageous and talented people who made this film
