Divorce Iranian Style
Lady Luck
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1h 16m
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Directed by Kim Longinotto, Ziba Mir-Hosseini • 1998 • Iran/UK
Divorce Iranian Style goes behind-the-scenes at a divorce court in Tehran, following three couples as they try to resolve their conflicts. Like a real-life forerunner to Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winner A Separation, the film offers an intimate and nuanced look at marital strife that is both all too familiar, and yet, also unique to its patriarchal culture.
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