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Reading Lolita in Tehran

Reading Lolita in Tehran

Release: 2024-11-21 ·Runtime: 108m ·★ 7.2
Drama

As Islamic morality squads stage arbitrary raids in Tehran and as fundamentalists seize hold of the universities, Azar Nafisi, an inspired teacher, secretly gathers six of her most committed female students to read forbidden western classics. Unaccustomed to being asked to speak their minds, they soon removed their veils, their stories intertwining with the novels they read: just like the heroines of Nabokov, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James or Jane Austen, the women in Nafisi’s living room dare to dream, hope and love as we experience the complexity of the lives of individuals facing political, moral and personal siege.

Production Countries

Israel Italy Iran

Production Companies

Eran Riklis Productions
Topia Communications
Rosamont
Minerva Pictures
MiC
United King Films
RAI Cinema
WestEnd Films

Cast

Golshifteh Farahani Golshifteh Farahani as Azar Nafisi
Zar Amir Ebrahimi Zar Amir Ebrahimi as Sanaz
Mina Kavani Mina Kavani as Nassrin
Bahar Beihaghi Bahar Beihaghi as Mahshid
Isabella Nefar Isabella Nefar as Yassi
Raha Rahbari Raha Rahbari as Manna
Lara Wolf Lara Wolf as Azin
Shahbaz Noshir Shahbaz Noshir as Magician
Arash Marandi Arash Marandi as Bijan Nafisi
Catayoune Ahmadi Catayoune Ahmadi as Mahtab
Reza Diako Reza Diako as Bahri
Ash Goldeh Ash Goldeh as Nima
Sina Parvaneh Sina Parvaneh as Niyazi
Rita Yahan-Farouz Rita Yahan-Farouz as Rita
Abbas Fasaei Abbas Fasaei as Arash
Hamid Karimi Hamid Karimi as Ghomi
Zanyar Mohammadi Zanyar Mohammadi as Farzan

Crew

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