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| Women Without Men | |
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| Directed by | Shirin Neshat Shoja Azari |
| Written by | Shoja Azari Shirin Neshat Steven Henry Madoff Shahrnush Parsipur (novel) |
| Produced by | Shoja Azari Philippe Bober Jerome de Noirmont Barbara Gladstone Martin Gschlacht Isabell Wiegand Manfred Zurhorst |
| Starring | Shabnam Tolouei Pegah Ferydoni Arita Shahrzad Orsolya Tóth Mehdi Moinzadeh Navíd Akhavan Mina Azarian Bijan Daneshmand |
| Cinematography | Martin Gschlacht |
| Edited by | George Cragg Patrick Lambertz Jay Rabinowitz Christof Schertenleib Julia Wiedwald |
| Music by | Ryûichi Sakamoto |
| Distributed by | IndiePix Films (US) |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Countries | Germany Austria France Iran |
| Language | Persian |
Women Without Men is a 2009 film adaptation of the 1990 Shahrnush Parsipur novel, directed by Shirin Neshat.[1][2] Neshat's work explores gender issues in the Islamic world. Women without Men is her first dramatic feature.
The film profiles the lives of four women living in Tehran in 1953, during the American-backed coup that returned the Shah of Iran to power.[3] The film was called "visually transfixing" by The New York Times reviewer Stephen Holden, who added, "the film surpasses even Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon in the fierce beauty and precision of its cinematography (by Martin Gschlacht)."
Two of the film's recurrent images are of a long dirt road extending to the horizon on which the characters walk, and a river that suggests, "a deep current of feminine resilience below an impassive exterior."[1]
- ^ a b Stephen Holden (May 13, 2010). "In 1953 Iran, Sisterhood Sought During a Coup". The New York Times.
- ^ Homa Khaleeli (2010-06-13). "Shirin Neshat: A long way from home". Guardian.
- ^ Sundance Channel "Women Without Men" listing