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Niki Karimi,
Niki Karimi,
Marila Zare'i,
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Tahmineh Milani,
Tahmineh Milani
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: Drama, Foreign, Middle East, Iran
: 96 min.
: Persian
: English
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Writer and director Tahmineh Milani presents a feminist message which is unusually strong for an Iranian film -- so much so that it took seven years for the screenplay to be passed by state censors. Do Zan/Two Women concerns two friends who meet while attending college in Tehran, Fereshteh (Niki Karimi) and Roya (Marila Zare'i). Fereshteh is being stalked by an obviously psychotic young man, who has threatened her at knife-point. Fereshteh tries to laugh it off, telling the lunatic that she and Roya are too strong to be threatened by him. One day, however, the stalker becomes convinced Fereshteh's visiting cousin is actually her boyfriend; enraged, he throws acid into the cousin's face. Fereshteh's father, convinced she has disgraced the family, takes her away from school and back to their home in the country. The stalker is not so easily thrown off course; he follows Fereshteh home and implicates her in a serious traffic accident that lands her in jail. Roya is able to go on to a happy life with a fulfilling job and stable marriage, while Fereshteh must fight simply to be treated as a human being. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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by tungwaiyip
August 5, 2006 - 9:44 AM PDT
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It has been so many years before college friends Fereshteh and Roya can finally meet again. Roya was happily married to a trusting man and worked as a professional. Fereshteh was in great distress because her husband was critically injured and her life essentially ruined after years of abusive relationship. It was not supposed to be this way. While Roya came from a well off family, Fereshteh was the bright student who worked her way into the university in Tehran. She has many dreams.
Fate took a worst turn when the revolution has shut down the universities and then a psychopath stalker followed her back to her home town. She was pressured into a marriage. Her husband's great admiration of her turned out to be an illusion. Insecure and possessive, he locked her away from the outside world. Their marriage can only be described as torturous. It was utterly suffocating in this traditional society. The father put family honor above her welfare. The laws do not protect women from harm. And education is considered a liability.
This film has some most powerful ending (spoiler ahead).
Upon learning the death of her husband, she slowly realized her prison walls was lifted. After years of oppression, freedom comes bitter and disorienting. The outburst of emotion was overwhelming. |
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