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Circumstance

Country: Iran, Language: Persian, 107 mins

  • Director: Maryam Keshavarz
  • Writer: Maryam Keshavarz
  • Producer: Maryam Arzadi; Karin Chien

CGiii Comment

This was not made in Iran...so, all the declarations of how brave the filmmakers were/are...are unfounded.

It is the first film to have Iranian, Islamic lesbians as its subject-matter - and, for that alone, it should be applauded.

Unfortunately, it is not a good film...

To the detriment of the film, Keshavarz puts all her attention on the women - the rest of the cast can do and say what they like...resulting in bad performances with equally bad dialogue.

This could have been a decent short film - it is not a decent feature...displaying all the pitfalls of the amateur filmmaker.

The praise that this film has received is purely down to political correctness - at the expense of truth.


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The(ir) Blurb...

A wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's dangerous obsession.

Cast & Characters

Nikohl Boosheri as Atafeh;
Sarah Kazemy as Shireen;
Reza Sixo Safai as Mehran;
Soheil Parsa as Firouz;
Nasrin Pakkho as Azar;
Sina Amedson as Hossein;
Keon Mohajeri as Joey