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The Other Side of Burka

Original title: Az pase borghe
Year: 2004
Running time: 52 min.
Country: Iran
Director: Mehrdad Oskouei
Screenwriter: Mehrdad Oskouei
Cast: Documentary
Music: Ali Samadpoor
Cinematography: Mehrdad Oskouei, Ebrahim Saeedi
Genre: Documentary | Half-length Film
Synopsis: Set in a tight-knit, extremely conservative island community off the Southern coast of Iran where all women wear burkas, this film begins as an investigation into the suicide of a woman named Samireh. Her husband callously says that while he cares about the lives of his kids, women's lives are cheap. However, the women Oskouei interviews - many of whom were married off at age 12 or 13 - stand up for themselves and discuss their difficult existences. Oskouei relies mostly on close-up or medium-shot interviews, and as usual, displays his gift for framing people dynamically in tight spaces.

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The Other Side of Burka

2004

Mehrdad Oskouei