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Overview

User Rating:
7.1/10   1,998 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Jafar Panahi (writer)
Shadmehr Rastin (writer)
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Release Date:
26 May 2006 (Austria) more
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Tagline:
In Iran, All Women Are Banned From Men's Sporting Events
Plot:
Struggle of Women in a country that excludes them from entering the stadiums. full summary | add synopsis
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4 wins & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Comedy about a tragedy more (37 total)

Cast

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Sima Mobarak-Shahi ... First girl
Shayesteh Irani ... Smoking girl
Ayda Sadeqi ... Soccer girl
Golnaz Farmani ... Girl with tchador
Mahnaz Zabihi ... Girl disguised as soldier
Nazanin Sediq-zadeh ... Young girl
Melika Shafahi
Safdar Samandar ... Soldier from Azerbaijan
Mohammad Kheir-abadi ... Soldier from Mashad
Masoud Kheymeh-kabood ... Soldier from Tehran
Mohammed-Reza Gharebaghi
Hadi Saeedi ... Soldier
Masoud Gheyas-vand
Ali Baradari ... Bus Passenger
Ali Roshan
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MPAA:
Rated PG for language throughout, and some thematic elements.
Runtime:
93 min | Germany:88 min (Berlin International Film Festival)
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Trivia:
This film just like other films of director, Jafar Panahi is banned in Iran. more
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Referenced in "At the Movies: (2006-09-27)" (2006) more
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12 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
Comedy about a tragedy, 2 July 2006
8/10
Author: stensson from Stockholm, Sweden

In Iran, women are not admitted to soccer games. Officially it's because they are to be spared from the vulgar language and behavior of the male audience. But of course it is about sexism. Women are lower forms of human beings.

Some brave girls oppose this and try to get into the stadium by using different tricks. They are caught by soldiers and hold in a kind of cage, until the police will come and pick them up.

Despite the insane situation, this is a film with lots of humor. It's also encouraging to see how people always find different ways of fighting oppression. You'll get touched at the same time as you have lots of laughs. Good job by director Jafar Panahi. This is in many ways a heroic comedy.

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