Women Without MenĀ (DVD)A film by: Shirin NeshatIran, 1953. A nation in search of freedom, four women in search f a voiceĀ “”An Auteur Piece in the True Sense””āCompellingā¦ Heartbreaking and thrilling.āĀ The Hollywood Reporter
āBottom Line: Eloquent film illuminates Iranian history from a female point of view.ā
LA Times
āā¦you have a feature film thatās a must-see in the international festival and art-house circuitā
Ā Winner of Silver Lion For Best Director – 2009 Venice Film FestivalĀ WOMEN WITHOUT MEN is Shirin Neshat’s independent film adaptation of Shahrnush Parsipur’smagic realist novel. The story chronicles the intertwining lives of four Iranian women during thesummer of 1953; a cataclysmic moment in Iranian history when an American led, British backedcoup d’Ć©tat brought down the democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh,and reinstalled the Shah to power.
Format:Ā DVDĀ Runtime:Ā 95Ā minutes
Type:Ā Ā Drama
Language:Ā In Farsi with English subtitles
