Roozi keh zan shodam : The day I became a woman /
Three portraits of women at three stages of life in Iran: a nine-year-old girl is told she can no longer play with boys because she is now a "woman", a young wife who enters a bicycle race against her husband's wishes, and an elderly woman who gains money and the freedom to do what sh...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Persian |
| Language Notes: | In Farsi, with optional English subtitles. |
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[Saint Charles, Ill.] :
Olive Films,
[2005]
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| Edition: | Widescreen format. |
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| Summary: | Three portraits of women at three stages of life in Iran: a nine-year-old girl is told she can no longer play with boys because she is now a "woman", a young wife who enters a bicycle race against her husband's wishes, and an elderly woman who gains money and the freedom to do what she wishes with it. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 2000. "Olive Film's opus"--Container. Container insert includes essay and photographs by Persian artist Shirin Neshat. Special features: optional commentary by New York Film Festival program director and film scholar Richard Pena; theatrical trailer (3 min., in Farsi with English subtitles); photo gallery. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (16 pages : illustrations, color ; 19 cm.) |
| Format: | DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Audience: | BBFC rating: PG. |
| Awards: | 2000 Venice Film Festival, Jury Prize 2000 Pusan International Film Festival, Best Asian Film 2000 Toronto International Film Festival, Second Prize 2000 Chicago Film Festival, Gold Medallion |
| Production Credits: | Cinematography, Ebrahim Ghafouri, Mohammad Ahmadi ; editors, Shahrzad Poya, Maysam Makhmalbaf ; music, Mohammad Reza Darvishi. |