Police characters in films—especially in comedies—are often not portrayed with likable or respectable faces. Aside from crime/action films, in comedies like those of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, or Laurel and Hardy, police officers are usually shown as awkward figures with anti-heroic appearances. In French cinema too, the police often come across as unpleasant or intrusive, particularly in films where the protagonists—like Alain Delon or Jean-Paul Belmondo—are charming, likable anti-heroes. These films starkly contrast with most Iranian films, where due to strict governmental censorship, filmmakers rarely have the freedom to depict police characters in negative or unreasonable lights. The film Goodbye…
Trending
- CWB Foundation Celebrates Rodrigo García with the Bridging the Borders Award
- Albert Nobbs, poetry of silence
- Sandra Seeling: talks about 2025 Mallorca FF
- A conversation with Hessam Abrishami
- All That’s Left of You, just amazing
- Farewell to the Girl with a Suitcase
- Beyzaie’s Chronicle of a Society’s Wounded Memory
- Cause of Death: Unknown, Iran’s Oscar selection