Two Women (1999)
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95 min
A sensation when released in 1999 in Iran, Two Women charts the lives of two promising architecture students over the course of the first turbulent years of the Islamic Republic. Tahimine Milani creates this scathing portrait of those traditions - aided by official indifference - which conspire to trap women and stop them from realizing their full potential; the inclusion of frank depictions of domestic violence was hailed by many as a breakthrough in dealing with a long taboo subject.
- Release date
- June 23, 1999
- Country of origin
- Iran
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Cast
- Niki Karimi as Fereshteh
- Mohammad Reza Forutan as Hassan ('Maniac')
- Reza Khandan as Fereshteh's father
- Atila Pesiani as Ahmad
- Merila Zare'i as Roya
- Ahmad Yavari Shad
- Hassan Joharchi as Roya's husband
- Zahra Shahbazi as Fereshteh's mother
- Giti Moeini as Ahmad's mother
- Amir Mohammad Ghasemizadeh as Mohammad
- Ali Haghforoosh
Crew
- Tahmineh Milani · Director
- Tahmineh Milani · Writer
- Babak Bayat · Composer
- Hossein Jafarian · Cinematographer
- Mostafa Kherghehpoosh · Editor
- Malek Jahan Khazai · Production designer