(29 Oct 2022) Actor Zar Amir Ebrahimi won best actress in Cannes for her role in "Holy Spider." The exiled actor faced 99 lashes and a prison sentence when she decided to flee Iran in 2008. She says the film, which opens Friday, offers "a message of courage" and "a message of justice." (Oct. 28)

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