Bibliograph

Tehran taboo, Little Dream Entertainment, Coop99 Filmproduktion, and Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) ; directed by Ali Soozandeh ; screenplay by Grit Kienzlen and Ali Soozandeh ; producers, Ali Samadi Ahadi, Mark Fencer, Frank Geiger, Armin Hofman, Antonin Svoboda, Bruno Wagner

Type

Label

Tehran taboo, Little Dream Entertainment, Coop99 Filmproduktion, and Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) ; directed by Ali Soozandeh ; screenplay by Grit Kienzlen and Ali Soozandeh ; producers, Ali Samadi Ahadi, Mark Fencer, Frank Geiger, Armin Hofman, Antonin Svoboda, Bruno Wagner

Language

per

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Tehran taboo

Oclc number

1033575829

Responsibility statement

Little Dream Entertainment, Coop99 Filmproduktion, and Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) ; directed by Ali Soozandeh ; screenplay by Grit Kienzlen and Ali Soozandeh ; producers, Ali Samadi Ahadi, Mark Fencer, Frank Geiger, Armin Hofman, Antonin Svoboda, Bruno Wagner

Runtime

Summary

In this gorgeously animated drama, the lives of several strong-willed women and a young musician intersect. Their stories reveal the hypocrisies of modern Iranian society, where sex, drugs, and corruption coexist with strict religious law. In the bustling metropolis of Tehran, avoiding prohibitions has become an everyday sport and breaking taboos can be a means of personal emancipation. Nevertheless, women invariably end up on the bottom rung of the social order. A young woman needs an operation to "restore" her virginity. A judge in the Islamic Revolutionary Court exhorts favors from a prostitute in exchange for a favorable ruling. The wife of an imprisoned drug addict is denied the divorce she needs in order to live independently. Making use of rotoscope animation, expat Iranian filmmaker Ali Soozandeh creates a portrait of contemporary Tehran that would be impossible by other means.--Back cover

Technique

live action

Classification