« AAt the Paris Olympics, I was moved by the two Iranian taekwondo champions who embraced on the podium after the final: Nahid Kiani, silver medalist for Iran, and her friend, Kimia Alizadeh, bronze medalist for her country of exile, Bulgaria, after leaving Iran four years ago. This gesture says everything about the suffering and struggle of Iranian athletes under the influence of the religious regime.
So speaks – in excellent French – Zar Amir Ebrahimi, born in Tehran 43 years ago, and who sees in this historical image a parallel with her new film, TatamiThe story of an Iranian judo coach and her champion (Arienne Mandi) who are ordered by the government, in the middle of the World Championships in Tbilisi (Georgia), to give up, for fear of losing, the fight against an Israeli opponent.
“Political pretext”
Short black hair, youthful face, the actress and filmmaker (Best Actress Award at Cannes in 2022 for The Nights of Mashhad) went into exile in France in 2008 after leaving her country, leaving her family behind.
This hard-won freedom now allows her to pursue her career as she sees fit, to impose her choices, to take risks as in Tatamiwhere she is in front of and behind the camera with Israeli filmmaker Guy Nattiv (Oscar winner in 2019 for his short film Skin, director of Golda). The union is courageous and the risky bet of showing in the big picture […] Read more
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