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Women Without Men (DVD)A film by: Shirin NeshatIran, 1953. A nation in search of freedom, four women in search f a voice "An Auteur Piece in the True Sense"“Compelling… Heartbreaking and thrilling.” The Hollywood Reporter
“Bottom Line: Eloquent film illuminates Iranian history from a female point of view.”
LA Times
“…you have a feature film that’s a must-see in the international festival and art-house circuit”
Winner of Silver Lion For Best Director - 2009 Venice Film Festival 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'état brought down the democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh,and reinstalled the Shah to power.
Format: DVD Runtime: 95 minutes
Type: Drama
Language: In Farsi with English subtitles