Day I became a woman روزی که زن شدم

The day I became a woman (DVD) روزی که زن شدمRoozi keh zan shodam. 3 short films about the plight of women in Iran and their struggle for more freedom in the society. Winner of many international awards. In Farsi with English subtitles.Director:Marziyeh Meshkini
Starring:Fatemeh Cheragh Akhtar, Shabnam Toloui, Cyrus Kahouri Nejad, Azizeh Seddighi, Ameneh Passand
Language: Farsi with English subtitles
Length: 78 minutes.
 Woman is not born, but rather becomes a woman.” - Simone De Beauvoir

Simone De Beauvoir’s exquisite pronouncement on the social construction of gender in her Second Sex (1949)spoke to generations of women, and of a universal truth beyond countries and cultures. As an example ofastonishing visual poignancy, “The Day I became a Woman” is the globally celebrated debut ofMarziyeh Meshkini, a young Iranian filmmaker bringing her rich and diversified national cinema tobear on an enduring global concern, in a new crescendo of memorable subtlety and grace.“The Day” is repeated in three consecutive episodes—the memorial registers of childhood,adolescence, and old age—when three stages of “becoming” a woman is culturally manufacturedand socially registered. Between Simone De Beauvoir and Marziyeh Meshkini, generations ofwomen (and men), from all cultures around the world, will have much to learn and even more to achieve.

Runtime:78 minutes
Type:  Short films /women's situation in Iran
Language:Farsi with English subtitles