Question: Which director is from a country closer to the United States, Arturo Ripstein or Bahman Ghobadi?

Related documents: [0]  [DOC] Bahman Ghobadi (Persian: بهمن قبادی‎ ‎ ; Kurdish: به‌همه‌ن قوبادی / Behmen Qubadî) is an Iranian film director, producer and writer of Kurdish ethnicity. He was born on February 1, 1969 in Baneh, Kurdistan province. Ghobadi belongs to the "new wave" of Iranian cinema. [END] 
[1]  [DOC] Arturo Ripstein y Rosen (born December 13, 1943) is a Mexican film director. [END]  
Answer: Arturo Ripstein
Arturo Ripstein