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[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (96 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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In this gorgeously animated drama, the lives of several strong-willed women and a young musician intersect. Their stories reveal the hypocrisies of modern Iranian society, where sex, drugs, and corruption coexist with strict religious law. In the bustling metropolis of Tehran, avoiding prohibitions has become an everyday sport and breaking taboos can be a means of personal emancipation. Nevertheless, women invariably end up on the bottom rung of the social order. A young woman needs an operation to “restore” her virginity. A judge in the Islamic Revolutionary Court exhorts favors from a prostitute in exchange for a favorable ruling. The wife of an imprisoned drug addict is denied the divorce she needs in order to live independently. Nominated for the Critics' Week Grand Prize and the Golden Camera at the **Cannes Film Festival**. *"Using skillful, involving storytelling and beautifully executed rotoscoped photography, director Ali Soozandeh creates a world of intersecting urban miseries and challenges." - Godfrey Cheshire, **RogerEbert.com***
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Farhad Abadinejad, Jasmina Ali, Rozita Assadollahy
Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 2017
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In Farsi