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Women Without Men

Original title: Zanan-e bedun-e mardan
  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 29m
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6.3/10
2.7K
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Women Without Men (2009)
The story chronicles the intertwining lives of four Iranian women during the summer of 1953; a cataclysmic moment in Iranian history when an American led, British backed coup d’état brought down the democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, and reinstalled the Shah to power.
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Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran's 1953 CIA-backed coup d'état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard garden, where they find independence, solace and companions... Read allAgainst the tumultuous backdrop of Iran's 1953 CIA-backed coup d'état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard garden, where they find independence, solace and companionship.Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran's 1953 CIA-backed coup d'état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard garden, where they find independence, solace and companionship.

  • Directors
    • Shirin Neshat
    • Shoja Azari
  • Writers
    • Shoja Azari
    • Shirin Neshat
    • Shahrnoush Parsipour
  • Stars
    • Shabnam Toloui
    • Pegah Ferydoni
    • Arita Shahrzad
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    2.7K
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    • Directors
      • Shirin Neshat
      • Shoja Azari
    • Writers
      • Shoja Azari
      • Shirin Neshat
      • Shahrnoush Parsipour
    • Stars
      • Shabnam Toloui
      • Pegah Ferydoni
      • Arita Shahrzad
    • 17User reviews
    • 71Critic reviews
    • 68Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 7 nominations

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    Shabnam Toloui
    • Munis
    Pegah Ferydoni
    Pegah Ferydoni
    • Faezeh
    Arita Shahrzad
    • Farrokhlagha
    Orsolya Tóth
    Orsolya Tóth
    • Zarin
    • (as Orsi Toth)
    Ahmad Hamed
    • Gardener
    Navid Navid
    Navid Navid
    • Ali
    • (as Navíd Akhavan)
    Bijan Daneshmand
    Bijan Daneshmand
    • Abbas
    Essa Zahir
    • Amir Khan
    Tahmoures Tehrani
    • General Sadri
    Abbas Bakhtiari
    • Singer
    Mehdi Moinzadeh
    • Communist Leader
    Farhad Payar
    • Leading Officer
    Shahrnoush Parsipour
    • Madame Pari
    Said Oveissi
    • Hassan
    Mithra Zahedi
    • Nahid
    Mina Azarian
    • Zinat
    Shahbaz Noshir
    • Arash
    Nader Farman
    • Babak
    • Directors
      • Shirin Neshat
      • Shoja Azari
    • Writers
      • Shoja Azari
      • Shirin Neshat
      • Shahrnoush Parsipour
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    • Trivia
      Shirin Neshat's directorial film debut.
    • Goofs
      The bathhouse shown in the movie is in Turkish style and everyone is wearing blue and white clothes while in Iranian bathhouses people usually wear red and black clothes.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Venice Film Festival 2009 (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Shahanshi
      Written by Lieutenant N. Moghadam

    User reviews17

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    4/10
    Interesting subject, but zero focus
    "Women Without Men" centers on the lives of four women in 1950's Iran. It offers an interesting view and it's not without its good points, but in general is out of focus, withers, and feels way too long, even if it clocks at just a little over an hour and a half.

    The story follows how family, friends, society, repress the lives of four women, and how they react and how they try to break free from the limitations and lack of liberty their environment throws on them. It is kind of dreamlike in its exposure of its ideas, and some situations are more like drawings of a feeling than a real plot developing. It is almost white and black, which suits well with the bleak spirit of the story, which is quite gloomy in general, and it looks quite good. The actors, in general, do quite a good job, even if the material is a little bit thin.

    Sadly, the director tries to encompass too much and show too many things, and the films paddles and loses itself. It doesn't help that it has been directed in a very languid style, with little action and long shots. I am not expecting Michael Bay's style to pop by in these kind of movies, but slow can be too slow. And this is one of those cases. On top of that, the story per se is not very original, as we have seen these kind of situations before (for example, the wife who married and meets again the love of her youth), so the movie is not very original either.

    A good effort, but kind of a misfire.
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    • Release date
      • March 12, 2010 (Italy)
    • Countries of origin
      • Germany
      • Austria
      • France
      • Italy
      • Ukraine
      • Morocco
      • Iran
    • Official site
      • Official site (Hungary)
    • Languages
      • Persian
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Kvinnor utan män
    • Filming locations
      • Casablanca, Morocco
    • Production companies
      • Essential Filmproduktion GmbH
      • Coop99 Filmproduktion
      • Coproduction Office
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $987,871
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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