Two Women (Do zan) | |
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Directed by | Tahmineh Milani |
Written by | Tahmineh Milani |
Produced by | Arta film, Arman film |
Starring | Niki Karimi Mohammad Reza Foroutan Merila Zarei Atila Pesyani Reza Khandan |
Cinematography | Hossein Jafarian |
Edited by | Mostafa Kherghehpoosh |
Music by | Babak Bayat |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Language | Persian with English subtitles |
Two Women (Do zan) is a 1999 Iranian drama film written and directed by Tahmineh Milani.
Two Women charts the lives of two promising architecture students over the course of the first turbulent years of the Islamic Republic, creating a portrait of traditions that conspire to trap women and stop them from realizing their full potential. In an extensive interview, Tahmineh Milani stated that the name Two Women alluded to two different potential life-stories of one woman. The film won the best screenplay award at Iran's Fajr Film Festival in 1999 as well as Best Actress for Niki Karimi's part in the Taormina Film Festival.