Type:
Feature Film
Director:
Mania Akbari
Year:
2004
Time:
72 minutes
Produced by:
Bijan Daneshmand
Written by:
Mania Akbari
Edited by:
Mania Akbari
Language:
Farsi w/ English subtitles
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Winner! Grand Prize
- Bahamas International Film Festival, 2004
Winner! Digital Cinema Award
- Venice Film Festival, 2004
"A provocative and fairly uncensored look at how urban men and women relate in today's Iran. . ."
- Deborah Young, Variety
". . . a brave exploration of female role-playing in contemporary Iran."
- Simon Gray, Close-Up Film
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First-time director Mania Akbari explores the heartbreak and joy of romantic relationships through the stories of seven couples searching for happiness. Composed of seven vignettes, the film features the same two actors in each episode, playing different characters. The characters’ problems and issues unfold in conversations, quarrels, and altercations. Some problems are universal and can be found in any culture - jealousy, adultery, abortion. Others reveal the struggles, hardships, and political realities of modern-day Iran, especially for women. At once wrenching yet uplifting, private yet universal, 20 Fingers reveals a director on the cutting edge of filmmaking in her country.
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