Divorce Iranian Style
Mr. Jamshidi
Synopsis
In a small Tehran courtroom, the stories of three strong-willed women unfold as they use reason, charm, pleas for sympathy, anger, even a disarming wit to win what they each need - a divorce. Divorce Iranian Style is a unique window into the impassioned but very practical business of divorce - and marriage - in three Iranian women's lives. Jamileh, whose son saved her from the hand of her abusive husband; Ziba, an outspoken 16-year-old who proudly stands up to her 38 year-old husband and his family; and Maryam, remarried and desperate to regain custody of her two daughters. Stirring and poignant, this fly-on-the-wall look into the real circumstances of Iranian women's lives shatters the stereotype of women as passive victims in the Muslim world. (Edinburgh Film Festival Review)
Details
- Year
- 1998
- Type of film
- Documentari
- Running Time
- 80 minutes
- Format
- 16mm, BetaSP, DigiBeta
- Director
- Kim Longinotto, Ziba Mir-Hosseini
- Producer
- Kim Longinotto
- Editor
- Barrie Vince
- Director of Photography
- Kim Longinotto
- Sound
- Christine Felce
Genre
Production status
Complete
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