Two Women (film)
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| Directed by | Tahmineh Milani |
| Produced by | Arta film, Arman film |
| Written by | Tahmineh Milani |
| Starring | Niki Karimi Mohammad Reza Forutan Merila Zarei Atila Pesiani Reza Khandan |
| Music by | Babak Bayat |
| Release date(s) | 1999 |
| Running time | 96 min. |
| Language | Persian with English subtitles |
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Two Women (Do zan) is a 1999 Iranian motion picture 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 which conspire to trap women and stop them from realizing their full potential. The movie 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.
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[edit] Plot
Roya and Fereshteh are two friends at a university in Tehran. Fereshteh is being stalked by a young gangster who will stop at nothing to marry her. He causes many problems and eventually Fereshteh's parents pull her out of the city and sit her back in her hometown of Esfahan. At this time, the university is being shut down by the government of Iran. One day, when in a phone booth, talking to Roya, she sees Hassan, the stalker.
[edit] Principal cast and characters
- Niki Karimi - Fereshteh
- Merila Zarei - Roya
- Mohammad Reza Forutan - Hassan
- Reza Khandan - Fereshteh's father
- Atila Pesiani - Ahmad
[edit] See also
[edit] External link
- Two Women at the Internet Movie Database
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