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Quote by Jafar Panahi
I felt compelled to make a film for the people I’d met behind bars. I owed them that film.
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The speaker says they felt a strong responsibility to make a film for people they had met in prison. “Owed them” expresses a personal sense of duty or debt, suggesting the film was intended as something they believed they should give to those people.
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- Festival de Cannes — Interview with Jafar Panahi
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- Official Statement
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