Iranian director Farhad Delaram was in the midst of shooting his subversive road movie “Achilles” whendied in Tehran on Sept. 16, 2022, while being detained for allegedly violating the country’s hijab law that mandates covered hair.
The fallout from Amini’s death came crashing onto the Iranian set of “Achilles,” in which a former filmmaker turned medic nicknamed Achilles decides to help a female political prisoner named Hedieh escape from a psych ward. Due to the nationwide protests “Everyone on set was having trouble concentrating,” Delaram recounts.
You started shooting “Achilles” a few weeks before the death of Mahsa Amini, which certainly ties in with your film. Simply put: What is its genesis?
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