In her home country ,Mahnaz Mohammadi is known to be a committed activist fighting for women’s right and gender equality. Her level of involvement in these issues has brought her on collision course with the political regime of Iran several times, leading to a couple of arrests and attempts to silence her voice, which have luckily been unsuccessful. Her work as a director therefore revolves around the concepts of equality and freedom as well as the social realities of her home country when, for example, she explores issues like homelessness and drug addiction like in her first feature “Mr. Vali”. In “Son-Mother”, she takes a look at the living conditions of regular people trying to cope with international economic sanctions, exposing a system which has become more cruel and repressive while forcing its people to make brutal decisions about their lives and those they love most.
“Son-Mother” screened at...
“Son-Mother” screened at...
- 10/8/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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