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Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2013: Mohammad Rasoulof’s Anonymous

Published on May 15, 2013

Anonymous – Mohammad Rasoulof

Section: Un Certain Regard

Buzz: Mohammad Rasoulof, one of the three Iranian filmmakers famously arrested in 2010, is set to cause more waves with this latest film, reportedly shot in secret and smuggled out of Iran. While details are kept under wraps, one could assume the content will most likely anger the authorities back home, perhaps seeing the director move farther away from the purposefully obtuse metaphors (The White Meadows, 2009), and bluntly dealing with Iran’s oppressive political regime in the vein of 2011’s Goodbye.

The Gist: While details are currently unavailable as far as the gist of Anonymous, it’s current title perhaps carries with it a solemn irony.

Related Topics:2013 Cannes Film Festival, Anonymous, Mohammad Rasoulof

Nicholas Bell

Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and TIFF. He is part of the critic groups on Rotten Tomatoes, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2021: France (Bruno Dumont), Passing (Rebecca Hall) and Nightmare Alley (Guillermo Del Toro). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.