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Country girl Fereshteh
and city girl Roya, schoolmates at Tehran University in the early
'80s, become friends when the former tutors the latter to pay her
way through architecture school. Their friendship and their innocent
fun are clouded only by the presence of a young man who stalks the
pretty Fereshteh demanding that she marry him. Fereshteh brushes
him off and the two girls feel strong enough to disregard his advances,
until one day the stalker throws a bottle of acid at Fereshteh's
cousin, mistaking him for her boyfriend. Blaming her for bringing
disgrace onto the family, Fereshteh's father forces her to return
home from university, which, anyway, is shut down in the social
turmoil following the Islamic revolution. But Fereshteh's troubles
aren't over. The stalker follows her to her remote hometown and
provokes a car accident for which Fereshteh is jailed. Family pressure
once again decides Fereshteh's destiny, forcing her into a marriage
with a man she doesn't love. Her friend Roya, meanwhile, is living
precisely the sort of life that Fereshteh aspires to. |
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"...impressive,
unsettling, deeply felt..."
-Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times
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Director: Tahmineh Milani
Iran, Color, 1999, in Persian with English subtitle |
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| DVD
USA - Our
Price: $14.95 |
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