Women Without Men

★★★★★

Original title: Zanan-e bedun-e mardan

2009 · 1 h 29 min

Directed by Shirin Neshat

Drama

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Cast

Shabnam Tolouei Pegah Ferydoni Arita Shahrzad Orsolya Tóth Ahmad Hamed Navid Navid

Plot

In Tehran in 1953, around the time of the coup against Mossadegh, four women from different backgrounds find refuge in a garden outside the city, in a magic-realist drama.

Sinekatalog’s take

A visually poetic and political film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.2 / 10 (2,950 votes)
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