Movie · Drama · Comedy

The streets of Tehran, Iran, are teeming with protesters objecting to the overthrow of the prime minister, but four disparate women have more immediate concerns. Farrokhlagha's (Arita Shahrzad) husband thinks he's entitled to be married to multiple women. Munis (Shabnam Toloui) is a virtual slave to her brother. Faezeh (Pegah Ferydoni) has physical and emotional troubles. And Zarin (Orsolya Tóth) is an unwilling prostitute. Boldly, the women pursue solutions to the problems foisted upon them.

2009 · 1h 35m

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The streets of Tehran, Iran, are teeming with protesters objecting to the overthrow of the prime minister, but four disparate women have more immediate concerns. Farrokhlagha's (Arita Shahrzad) husband thinks he's entitled to be married to multiple women. Munis (Shabnam Toloui) is a virtual slave to her brother. Faezeh (Pegah Ferydoni) has physical and emotional troubles. And Zarin (Orsolya Tóth) is an unwilling prostitute. Boldly, the women pursue solutions to the problems foisted upon them.

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Average 6.4
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Studio
Essential Filmproduktion GmbH
Released
2009
Run Time
1 hr 35 min
Rated
AL/G
Regions of Origin
Austria, Germany, France, Iran
© 2009 Coop99 Filmproduktion, Essential Filmproduktion, Parisienne de Production

Languages

Original Audio
Persian, German (Austria)
Audio

French (France) (AD, AAC), German (Germany) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United Kingdom) , French (France) , Polish (Poland) , Spanish (Spain)

Accessibility

Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.