Saeed Roustaei: My film is about sanctions + film

According to Fars News Agency, in the last days of April 1401, it was reported that the film “Leila Brothers” is one of the films in the main part of the Cannes Film Festival, and Saeed Roustaei is to be seen alongside world-renowned filmmakers. From that day until today, the name of this film has always been associated with various margins. Last week, the news of the film’s ban filled the country’s media space, with the cinema organization announcing that the film would not be licensed. During these few days, Javad Nowruzbeigi, the producer of the film, and Peyman Maadi, the actor of this film, have also emphasized in conversations that the issues and problems of this film can be solved through dialogue. Peyman Maadi participated in a 3-hour Instagram live with the presence of film critic Keyvan Kathisarian and answered some ambiguities about the Cannes Film Festival and its margins, as well as some other questions asked by the participants of this live. In this conversation, Peyman Maadi apologized to the people for their indifference to the Abadan metropolis issue.

In the final analysis, after the return of the actors and agents of “Leila Brothers” to Iran, they were criticized a lot. Perhaps the most important criticism was why the villager and his companions did not talk about the cruel US sanctions on the Iranian people. Were they in the blackout? Now, both Maadi has mentioned this issue in 3 hours live and Saeed Roustaei has addressed this issue in his recent career.

Saeed Roustaie, who is attending the Munich Film Festival to show “Leila Brothers”, said about screen censorship in Iran: “There is no pressure when writing a screenplay, and after writing the screenplay, we will seek a film production license.” First, we hand over the script to the Ministry of Culture and Guidance, which has completed these steps in a completely legal way for the movie “Leila Brothers” and the movie has been made in a completely legal way. Previously, in order to send the film to foreign festivals, it was the case that the producers sent the film to the festivals so that the licensing work could be done at the same time. We did the same for the movie “Leila Brothers”, but we did not have the opportunity to get a screening license. The Ministry of Guidance asked us to make reforms that were part of what was done, and it was difficult for me to do another part of these reforms, because I think the film would be seriously damaged. In general, the problems of the film should be discussed and negotiated.

He also spoke about sanctions and their impact on people’s lives: A large and important part of my film is about sanctions, but it is possible to make a series about sanctions and what happened in Iran because the West had problems with the Iranian government, but only the people paid the price. They returned. In other words, the daily and week-to-week and month-by-month price increases put a lot of pressure on the people, and it was not limited to economic issues, and it was up to the medicine. No country was willing to give us medicine. I paid thirty or forty times as much for my family so I could hardly find a cure. This is a catastrophe that happened and continues.

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