Tehran Taboo

classified 12A S
Film

Please note: This was screened in Oct 2018

Director
Ali Soozandeh
Cast
Farhad Abadinejad, Jasmina Ali, Rozita Assadollahy
Details
96 mins, Subtitled, 2017, Germany | Austria
Primary language
Persian

A subversive depiction of underground life in Iran told through rotoscoping animation, director Ali Soozandeh’s debut smashes the facade of traditional Iranian society, exposing the hypocrisy and double standards that are rife in modern day Tehran.

When prostitute and single mum Pari moves in to an apartment with her mute son, she unintentionally befriends her new neighbour Sara. Sara is a middle class mullah who seemingly has a perfect family life but who too hides her own secrets; and so the company of Pari is a welcome escape. The lives of the two women become further intertwined with that of a young musician and the girl for whom he is trying to raise money for an illegal operation following a night they spent together in a club. As stories of sex, drugs and corruption unravel, the lives of the unlikely allies prove more alike than they think...


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