TEHRAN TABOO 
Directed by Ali Soozandeh

On DVD From Kino Lorber

Available for Streaming on iTunes, Amazon and Google Play

“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.”

Cast
Elmira Rafizadeh
Zar Amir Ebrahimi
Arash Marandi
Bilal Yasar
Negar Mona Alizadeh
Payam Madjilessi

Crew
Directed by Ali Soozandeh
Sound Janis Grossman
Editors Andrea Mertens and Frank Geiger
Cinematographer Martin Gschlacht
Writer Ali Soozandeh
Composed by Ali N. Askin

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