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Women without men
95 min
Available until 30/06/2026
A film by Shirin Neshat starring Pegah Ferydoni and Shabnam Tolouei (2009, 1h 34min, Multilingual version)
Tehran, 1953. A military coup orchestrated by the CIA and the exiled Shah of Iran overthrows Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh. Amidst this turbulent backdrop, four women seek to escape their destinies. A fictional work with a twilight aesthetic exploring the freedom of women in Iran.
With
Arita Shahrzad
Shabnam Tolouei
Pegah Ferydoni
Orsi Toth
Navíd Akhavan
Essa Zahir
Director
Shirin Neshat
Shoja Azari
Scenario
Shirin Neshat
Shoja Azari
Author
Shahrnush Parsipur
Production
Coop99 Filmprod.
Essential Filmprod.
Société Parisienne de Production
Producer
Susanne Marian
Martin Gschlacht
Philippe Bober
Image
Martin Gschlacht
Editing
George Cragg
Jay Rabinowitz
Julia Wiedwald
Music
Ryûichi Sakamoto
Abbas Bakhtiari
Country
Germany
France
Year
2009
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