Mohammad Rasoulof’s new movie is getting attention from awards voters—and the Iranian government.
What does it mean to film a movie in secret in Iran? The film certainly doesn’t look like it was shot surreptitiously. There are no hidden cameras, à la Borat, or shaky handheld footage from an iPhone. However Rasoulof, his two stars, Setareh Maleki and Mahsa Rostami , and the rest of his cast and crew faced an unusual level of danger, to say the least. At every stage from casting to rehearsals to filming, they risked being arrested by the Iranian authorities.
While shooting a scene at a gas station, a couple of policemen turned up and asked the cast and crew for filming permits. The crew provided fake permits, and the cast switched to shooting “something that would not attract any unjust attention,” Rasoulof explains. “This is something that the cast and crew followed even if it was just strangers standing on set.” Meaning, the actors would go from filming real scenes for the movie to fake, controversy-free scenes if outsiders were watching.
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