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Starless Dreams

Original title: Royahaye dame sobh
  • 20162016
  • 1h 16m
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Royahaye dame sobh (2016)
A film by Mehrdad Oskouei. A Cinema Guild Release. The internationally-acclaimed documentary STARLESS DREAMS plunges us into the lives of young teenage girls sharing temporary quarters at a juvenile detention center on the outskirts of Tehran. Oskouei, one of the most prominent Iranian filmmakers, spent seven years securing access to this all-female facility. As the New Year approaches, the girls bond and reveal with disarming and often playful honesty the circumstances and acts that resulted in their incarceration. They have killed their father, robbed a bank, or were arrested for carrying 651 grams of cocaine. Outside the prison walls, danger is everywhere, even within their own families.
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Teenage girls consigned to the Iranian "Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre" discuss their troubled lives and reveal what brought them there.Teenage girls consigned to the Iranian "Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre" discuss their troubled lives and reveal what brought them there.Teenage girls consigned to the Iranian "Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre" discuss their troubled lives and reveal what brought them there.

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    • Mehrdad Oskouei
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    • Mehrdad Oskouei
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    • Mehrdad Oskouei
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      • 14 wins & 4 nominations

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    Murder and theft, drug dealing and addiction: young lives marked by traumatic stories lead to this Iranian "Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre" for girls. Some of the girls feel more at home in prison than they did with their families. A rare documentary glimpse inside a locked-up world and a respectful portrait of young women struggling to recapture some sense of personal dignity. —Berlinale 2016
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    • Release date
      • September 20, 2017 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • Iran
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    • Language
      • Persian
    • Also known as
      • Мечты на рассвете
    • Filming locations
      • Iran
    • Production company
      • Oskouei Film Production
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $5,937
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $707
      • Jan 22, 2017
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,937
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 16 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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