Circumstance
Directed by: Maryam Keshavarz
Cast: Nikohl Boosheri, Sarah Kazemy, Reza Sixo Safai
Running Time: 1 hr 49 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: September 9, 2011 (Chicago)
Plot: The story of Iranian teenagers Atafeh (Boosheri) and Shireen (Kazemy), who rebel against the censorship and constraints of their country by going to secret nightclubs and starting an intimate relationship with one another.
Who’S It For? Having some understanding of Iranian customs is likely to be helpful in recognizing the movie’s reflective rebelliousness. The film’s existence is just as bold as its characters’ actions.
Expectations: I had not heard much about this film, other than that it was a controversial Iranian film with a lesbian romance in the center of its plot. Though I was encouraged by the apparent praise it received at Sundance, I was still hoping it’d be a little more interesting than the kind of stuff that comes from gay/lesbian cinema.
Directed by: Maryam Keshavarz
Cast: Nikohl Boosheri, Sarah Kazemy, Reza Sixo Safai
Running Time: 1 hr 49 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: September 9, 2011 (Chicago)
Plot: The story of Iranian teenagers Atafeh (Boosheri) and Shireen (Kazemy), who rebel against the censorship and constraints of their country by going to secret nightclubs and starting an intimate relationship with one another.
Who’S It For? Having some understanding of Iranian customs is likely to be helpful in recognizing the movie’s reflective rebelliousness. The film’s existence is just as bold as its characters’ actions.
Expectations: I had not heard much about this film, other than that it was a controversial Iranian film with a lesbian romance in the center of its plot. Though I was encouraged by the apparent praise it received at Sundance, I was still hoping it’d be a little more interesting than the kind of stuff that comes from gay/lesbian cinema.
- 9/9/2011
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
The Queen and I (Drottningen och jag)
Directed by: Nahid Persson
Cast: Empress Farah, Nahid Persson
Running Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Rating: Unrated
Release Date: August 28, 2009
Plot: Nahid Persson fled her native Iran after making a documentary that the government felt was anti-Islamic. Now she wants to make a film about another Iranian refugee, the former Empress Farah. The two women offer different views on living in exile from a beloved country.
Who’s It For? Anyone who’s interest was piqued by the recent unrest in the Iranian elections. The film offers some really interesting perspective on Iran.
Expectations: I was intrigued by the write up, ever since reading Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis and seeing the film of the same name I’ve been interested in the events of the Iranian Revolution.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Empress Farah as herself: Initially I wasn’t sure I was going to like Farah.
Directed by: Nahid Persson
Cast: Empress Farah, Nahid Persson
Running Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Rating: Unrated
Release Date: August 28, 2009
Plot: Nahid Persson fled her native Iran after making a documentary that the government felt was anti-Islamic. Now she wants to make a film about another Iranian refugee, the former Empress Farah. The two women offer different views on living in exile from a beloved country.
Who’s It For? Anyone who’s interest was piqued by the recent unrest in the Iranian elections. The film offers some really interesting perspective on Iran.
Expectations: I was intrigued by the write up, ever since reading Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis and seeing the film of the same name I’ve been interested in the events of the Iranian Revolution.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Empress Farah as herself: Initially I wasn’t sure I was going to like Farah.
- 8/27/2009
- by Megan Lehar
- The Scorecard Review
Seventh Art Releasing has acquired North American theatrical rights to Nahid Persson's documentary "The Queen and I," a portrait of Farah Pahlavi, the widow of the Shah of Iran. HBO took the domestic pay-tv rights in deals handled by Shoreline Entertainment.
"The film gives a three-dimensional view of the history, culture and power-hungry sects of Iran, which have dictated political change, and shows that in every political struggle there are always shades of gray which are too often overlooked," Shoreline CEO Morris Ruskin said.
The deal was negotiated by Shoreline's Sam Eigen and Brian Sweet with Seventh Art and HBO.
"The film gives a three-dimensional view of the history, culture and power-hungry sects of Iran, which have dictated political change, and shows that in every political struggle there are always shades of gray which are too often overlooked," Shoreline CEO Morris Ruskin said.
The deal was negotiated by Shoreline's Sam Eigen and Brian Sweet with Seventh Art and HBO.
- 4/23/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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