Tehran Taboo
2017 · Movie · 96 min · ★ 7.1 · 86% critics
In Tehran, three strong-willed women and a young musician intersect within a tense mix of strict religious law and everyday vice. As sex, adultery, corruption, prostitution, and drugs coexist, they navigate taboos and pursuit of personal freedom.
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Details
- Original title
- Theran Taboo
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-10-04
- Language
- FA
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (102 votes)
About
You’ll likely like Tehran Taboo if you enjoy gritty dramas about taboo-breaking lives in a tightly controlled society; Not for you if you want light entertainment or content-free storytelling like The Song of Sparrows or A Man of Integrity.
Pros: tense social realism; bold taboo themes; dynamic character focus | Cons: heavy mature content; relentless moral pressure
Themes
- teheran (tehran), iran
- taboo
Awards & recognition
- Annecy Cristal — a Feature Film · 2017 · nominated
Cast & crew
Arash Marandi
as Babak
- AB
Alireza Bayram
as Mohsen
Şiir Eloğlu
as Schwiegermutter
Zar Amir Ebrahimi
as Sara
Klaus Ofczarek
as Father-in-Law
Morteza Tavakoli
as Amir
- GP
Gernot Polak
as Finance / Sex Trader
Hasan Ali Mete
as Judge
- RR
Roxana Rahnama
as Medical Assistant, Cultural Official
- TN
Thomas Nash
as Joseph
Directed by Ali Soozandeh