Rick W / Thursday, May 22, 2025 / Categories: Film Score News Iranian Director Saeed Roustayee on Making ‘Woman and Child’ With a Government Permit and Hijabs: I Wouldn’t ‘Have Been Able to Make a Film of This Scale Underground’ Iranian director Saeed Roustayee is back in Cannes with “Woman and Child,” a female empowerment drama premiering in competition. The film follows a 40-year-old widowed nurse named Mahnaz, who is struggling with a rebellious son and other complications in a heavily oppressive patriarchal context. Roustayee’s new work segues from the somewhat similarly themed “Leila’s Brothers,” […] Previous Article Elle Fanning Declares ‘Joachim Trier Summer’ at Cannes Amid ‘Sentimental Value’ Raves, Says She’s ‘Grown in My Autonomy and Speaking Up’ as an Actor Next Article The Golden Palm: A Pantheon of Cinematic Masterpieces from Cannes Print 23 Tags: Cannes