Question: Which director is from a country closer to the United States, Arturo Ripstein or Bahman Ghobadi?
Sentence (from "Bahman Ghobadi"): Bahman Ghobadi (Persian: بهمن قبادی‎ ‎ ; Kurdish: به‌همه‌ن قوبادی / Behmen Qubadî) is an Iranian film director, producer and writer of Kurdish ethnicity.
Relevant evidence: No