The Day I Became a Woman (2000)

Roozi ke zan shodam (original title)

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1h 18min
Comedy, Drama
08 Mar 2001 (France)
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Three linked stories show women at life's crossroads: a girl's 9th birthday, a cycling race, and an elderly woman's dream of buying long-desired items.

Director:

Marzieh Makhmalbaf

Writers:

Marzieh Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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Awards:

10 wins & 5 nominations.
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Fatemeh Cherag Akhar	...	Hava
Hassan Nebhan	...	Hassan
Shahr Banou Sisizadeh	...	Mother
Ameneh Passand	...	Grandmother
Tolouei Shabnam	...	Ahoo
Sirous Kahvarinegad	...	Husband
Moharram Zaynalzadeh	...	Osmann (as Mahram Zeinal Zadeh)
Norieh Mahigiran	...	Rival Cyclist
Azizeh Sedighi	...	Hoora
Badr Iravani	...	Young Boy

Directed by

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Marzieh Makhmalbaf

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(as Marziyeh Meshkini)

Written by

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Marzieh Makhmalbaf	...	(dialogue) (as Marzieh Meshkini)

Mohsen Makhmalbaf	...	()

Produced by

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Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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producer

Music by

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Mohammad Reza Darvishi

Cinematography by

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Mohammad Ahmadi	...	(as Mohamad Ahmadi)
Ebrahim Ghafori

Editing by

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Maysam Makhmalbaf
Shahrzad Pouya

Editorial Department

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Nasser Ansari	...	negative cutting
Hasan Ghahramani	...	negative processing / processing
Akbar Karami	...	negative cutting
Mahmoud Karimi	...	printing
Jafar Soltani	...	negative processing / processing

Art Direction by

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Akbar Meshkini

Production Management

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Mohammad Ahmadi	...	production manager (as Mohamad Ahmadi)
Rouhollah Baradari	...	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Akbar Meshkini	...	assistant director
Mojtaba Mirtahmasb	...	assistant director
Pouyan Tayefeh	...	assistant director

Sound Department

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Abbas Rastegarpour	...	sound
Behrooz Shahamat	...	sound

Camera and Electrical Department

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Maysam Makhmalbaf

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still photographer

Additional Crew

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Behzad Khorshidi	...	poster desighner
Hussein Mahdavi	...	post-production sound engineer

Production Companies

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Distributors

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Filmmuseum Distributie (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
Gaga Asia Group (2002) (Japan) (theatrical)
Kairos-Film (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
Makhmalbaf Film House (2000) (World-wide) (theatrical)
Artificial Eye (2001) (United Kingdom) (subtitled)
Cinemax (2005) (Hungary) (tv)
Filmmuseum Distributie (Netherlands) (video)
Kairos Filmverleih (Germany)
Makhmalbaf Film House (2000) (World-wide)
Mars Distribution (France)
Olive Films (2004) (United States)
Shooting Gallery (2001) (United States) (subtitled)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary	A film comprised of three interconnected vignettes that depict women at three stages of life in Iran. The first part centers on a young girl on her ninth birthday who is told that she can no longer play with the boys she had been playing with only the day before because she is now a woman. Told from the perspective of a 9-year-old girl who does not feel like or know what the word "woman" refers to, we see how devastatingly this affects both the girl and the boy with whom she had been friends. The second part is about a young woman who decides to enter a bicycle race against her husband's wishes. As first, the husband and then increasing numbers of men from her village ride beside her on horseback to convince her to return home. The race begins to symbolize a freedom that she desperately wants from the limitations that have been placed on her. Finally, the third part shows us an old woman who has come into some money and is now free to do what she wants. The way she chooses to use this freedom, however, makes one wonder just how free she is. Written by Jonathan Beebe Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	feminist-film vignette satire-comedy girl boy See All (47) »
Genres	Comedy Drama
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Certification	France:Tous publics Italy:T Japan:G Netherlands:AL South Korea:All Sweden:7 United Kingdom:U

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Also Known As	The Day I Became a Woman (World-wide, English title) The Day I Became a Woman (Canada, English title) The Day I Became a Woman (United States) Le jour où je suis devenue femme (France) Der Tag an dem ich zur Frau wurde (Germany) See more »
Runtime	78 min
Official Sites	Official site sourehcinema
Country	Iran
Language	Persian
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	1.66 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Stereo
Filming Locations	Kish Island, Iran See more »

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Budget

$180,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia	Marzieh Makhmalbaf's directorial film debut. See more »
Goofs	In the first sequence, the lollipop that Hava and Hassan pass between them grows and shrinks in size without regard to the passage of time. See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018). See more »
Quotes	Grandmother: Will you promise to be back by noon? Hava: I promise! Grandmother: God won't forgive you if you lie. Don't be late. See more »

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