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Women Without Men 15 rating

Artist Shirin Neshat’s version of a banned novel depicts the experiences of four Iranian women in 1953, when the Shah was reinstated after a coup d’état

Drama 2009 96 mins

Director: Shirin Neshat

Overview

Artist Shirin Neshat’s visually striking adaptation of a novel long banned in Iran charts the experiences of four Iranian women in 1953, the year when a coup d’état (backed by America and Britain) resulted in the reinstatement of the Shah. The political intersects with the personal in a tale of oppression and the quest for freedom from constraints of religion, sexual politics and imperialism.