Iranians suffer from one of the worst water shortages in decades.
Violent demonstrations broke out in a dozen towns in the sensitive region of Khuzestan.
This province on the border with Iraq is rich in oil and has a large Arab minority who feel they have been left behind by the authorities.
The film "The sea ahead" ("Face à la mer") marks the return of director Ely Dagher on the Croisette, after his Palme d'Or for his short film "Waves 98" in 2015. A feature film that intersects the existential wandering of the young Jana and the future of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, in crisis.
Ely Dagher has answered our questions.
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