The Circle (2000 film)

The Circle
International festival poster
دایره
Directed byJafar Panahi
Written byKambuzia Partovi
Produced byJafar Panahi
Starring
CinematographyBahram Badakshani
Edited byJafar Panahi
Music byAli Zahmatkesh
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Mikado Film (Italy)
  • Filmcoopi Zürich (Switzerland)
Release dates
  • 6 September 2000 (2000-09-06) (VIFF)
  • 8 September 2000 (2000-09-08) (Italy)
  • 12 April 2001 (2001-04-12) (Switzerland)
Running time
90 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Iran
  • Italy
  • Switzerland
LanguagePersian
Budget$10,000
Box office$756,035[2]

The Circle (Persian: دایره, romanized: Dâyere) is a 2000 Iranian drama film produced and directed by Jafar Panahi that criticizes the treatment of women in Iran. The film has won several awards, including the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2000, but it is banned in Iran.[3]

  1. ^ "THE CIRCLE (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. 28 June 2001. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  2. ^ "The Circle (2000)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  3. ^ Peter Beaumont; Vanessa Thorpe (23 May 2010). "Jafar Panahi 'may soon be freed'". The Observer.