Mohammad Rasoulof had made a political feature about his country–at great risk to his life–hoping to be back in the country he hopes to change.

Not until the finale do viewers realize that they have been listening to everyone’s point of view except for Blanchett’s, and have created an unreliable narrative.

We had to actually build cultures. We had to build munchkins. We had to build what Emerald City was; how diverse or how ambitious those people were

What was perverse about it was that it was in war, and that war gave me a sense of belonging