“Un jour, j’ai remarqué un petit article dans un journal: une femme s’est suicidée après avoir tué ses deux jeunes filles. Il n’y avait rien concernant les raisons de ce crime et de ce suicide.” Jafar Panahi.

Jafar Panahi has spent his career documenting the everyday lives—and systemic oppressions—of present-day Iran. Winner of the Golden Lion at Venice, The Circle, is one of his very best: a vital, heartbreaking look at a group of women who the patriarchy has transformed into fugitives.