The Cannes Festival 2025 is fast approaching. While all the selections(Semaine de la Critique, Quinzaine des Cinéastes, Acid) have unveiled their programs, the selection committee has added new films to the official selection, including in competition for the Palme d'Or.
Saeed Roustaee(La Loi de Téhéran) enters the official competition with his new film, Mother and Child (Zan va bache in the original version). The Iranian director won the FIPRESCI Prize and the Citizenship Award for his feature film Leila et ses frères at Cannes 2022.
For this film, the filmmaker was found guilty by a Tehran court of "contributing to opposition propaganda against the Islamic system" and sentenced to six months' imprisonment and a five-year filming ban.
Mother and Child will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival 2025. The movie's release date in French theaters has yet to be announced.
Synopsis : Mahnaz, a 45-year-old nurse, is raising her children on her own. As she prepares to marry her partner Hamid, her son Aliyar is expelled from school. When a tragic accident turns her world upside down, Mahnaz embarks on a determined quest for justice to find some measure of peace and closure...
Cannes Festival 2025: Films in the Official Selection
Discover the official selection for the 78th Cannes Film Festival, held on the Croisette from May 13 to 24, 2025. [Read more]
Cannes Festival 2025: Films in the Official Selection
