Type:
Feature Film
Director:
Manijeh Hekmat
Year:
2002
Time:
106 minutes
Produced by:
Manijeh Hekmat & Sirus Taslimi
Written by:
Farid Mostafavi
Edited by:
Mostafa Kherghepoush
Language:
Farsi w/ English subtitles
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"Riveting."
- San Francisco Chronicle
"Fascinating glimpse at life in modern Iran."
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin
"Chilling...controversial. A compelling sociological portrait."
- Senses of Cinema
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Banned in Iran, this taboo-breaking film uses the claustrophobic life of women behind bars as a metaphor for Iranian society since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Mitra, in prison for killing her violent stepfather, confronts new warden Tahereh on the eve of a riot, fearlessly challenging her dogmatic views - which, over time, began to change.
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