Manuscripts Don't Burn

This article is about the 2013 film. For the phrase from Russian literature, see The Master and Margarita.

Manuscripts Don't Burn (Persian: دست‌نوشته‌ها نمی‌سوزند, translit. Dast-Neveshtehaa Nemisoozand) is a 2013 Iranian drama film written and directed by Mohammad Rasoulof, about a failed attempt to kill a busload of Iranian writers in 1996. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival,^[1] where it won the FIPRESCI Prize.^[2] It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.^[3][4]

Manuscripts Don't Burn
Directed by	Mohammad Rasoulof
Written by	Mohammad Rasoulof
Release date	24 May 2013 (2013-05-24) (Cannes)
Running time	125 minutes
Country	Iran
Language	Persian

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an aggregate score of 93% based on 25 positive and 2 negative critic reviews. The website consensus reads: "Brave, challenging, and brimming with rage, Manuscripts Don't Burn is a political statement as much as it is a gripping thriller."^[5]