Tehran Taboo

Tehran Taboo (2017)

Not Rated 16 Nov 2017 • Animation, Drama • 1h 36m
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In this gorgeously animated drama, the lives of several strong-willed women and a young musician intersect. Their stories reveal the hypocrisies of modern Iranian society, where sex, drugs, and corruption coexist with strict religious law. In the bustling metropolis of Tehran, avoiding prohibitions has become an everyday sport and breaking taboos can be a means of personal emancipation. Nevertheless, women invariably end up on the bottom rung of the social order. A young woman needs an operation to "restore" her virginity. A judge in the Islamic Revolutionary Court exhorts favors from a prostitute in exchange for a favorable ruling. The wife of an imprisoned drug addict is denied the divorce she needs in order to live independently. Making use of rotoscope animation, expat Iranian filmmaker Ali Soozandeh creates a portrait of contemporary Tehran that would be impossible by any other means.

Ali Soozandeh
Director
Ali Soozandeh, Grit Kienzlen
Writer
Jasmina Ali, Hasan Ali Mete, Zar Amir Ebrahimi
Starring

Language: Persian
Awards: 4 wins & 6 nominations
Country: Germany, Austria
Metacritic Score: 74
DVD Release Date:
Box Office Total: $74,758

7.1

IMDb (5054 votes)
97%
Rotten Tomatoes
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