Director: Behzad Nalbandi
Editing: Behzad Nalbandi Animation, Behzad Nalbandi
Sound: Behzad Nalbandi, Ensieh Maleki
Music: Ata Ebtekar
Prod.: Behzad Nalbandi
Contact:
Iranian Independents
PO Box 15875-4769
Tehran, Iran
Tel.: (+98-912) 3198693
[email protected]
Year: 2019
Screening: 2020
DCP, Color, 61 min,
OV Persan with English and French Subtitles
French Premiere
In order to give a positive image of the town of Tehran during a visit by foreign dignitaries, the local authorities decide to send away those inhabitants considered as not very commendable, drug addicts and prostitutes. The men are freed after several days but the women are kept under State guard for life. They are sent into detention centres on the outskirts of the town. These women cease to exist.
“A friend of my sister’s worked in one of these centres. She helped me to get into one with a recorder and to interview some of the women without the presence of the person in charge. I explained what I was doing to each of the women, asked their permission and promised that I wouldn’t film them. It is widely considered that these women are neurotic and unable to conform to society’s rules. During the interviews with these five homeless women, aged between 27 and 54, I tried to show that this belief was false. This animated documentary attempts to let the true voice of homeless women be heard, deprived as they are of their rights and imprisoned for the rest of their lives.” Behzad Nalbandi
