Chinese director Lou Ye smiles during a press conference at the 62nd International Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 14, 2009. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Lionel Cironneau
China's Lou Ye and Iran's Bahman Ghobadi are both at the festival with movies made undercover after they were barred from working by the authorities
Both directors tackle subjects that make officials at home uneasy - gay relationships in Lou's "Spring Fever," and Tehran's underground music scene in Ghobadi's "No One Knows About Persian Cats."
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