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Women without men

95 min

Available until 30/06/2026

A film by Shirin Neshat starring Pegah Ferydoni and Shabnam Tolouei (2009, 1h 34min, Multilingual version)

Tehran, 1953. A military coup orchestrated by the CIA and the exiled Shah of Iran overthrows Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh. Amidst this turbulent backdrop, four women seek to escape their destinies. A fictional work with a twilight aesthetic exploring the freedom of women in Iran. 

With

  • Arita Shahrzad

  • Shabnam Tolouei

  • Pegah Ferydoni

  • Orsi Toth

  • Navíd Akhavan

  • Essa Zahir

Director

  • Shirin Neshat

  • Shoja Azari

Scenario

  • Shirin Neshat

  • Shoja Azari

Author

Shahrnush Parsipur

Production

  • Coop99 Filmprod.

  • Essential Filmprod.

  • Société Parisienne de Production

Producer

  • Susanne Marian

  • Martin Gschlacht

  • Philippe Bober

Image

Martin Gschlacht

Editing

  • George Cragg

  • Jay Rabinowitz

  • Julia Wiedwald

Music

  • Ryûichi Sakamoto

  • Abbas Bakhtiari

Country

  • Germany

  • France

Year

2009

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