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Tehran Taboo(2017)

Not Rated
1h 36m
Animation, Drama

Release Date: Feb 14, 2018 | Limited

In their desperate search for freedom and happiness, four young people from Tehran, Iran are forced to break the taboos of a restrictive, islamic society.

Releases

Original Release | Feb 14, 2018

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Box Office

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$4,962
Total US & Canada:
$74,758
Total International
$275,128
Total Worldwide:
$349,886

Director & Top Cast

Ali Soozandeh
Director

Hasan Ali Mete
Judge

Zahra Amir Ebrahimi
Sara

Milinko Ametovic Beganovic
Boy on the motorcycle

Jasmina Ali
Amirs Girlfriend, School Official

Zar Amir Ebrahimi
Sara

Alireza Bayram

Mohsen

Siir Eloglu

Schwiegermutter

Adem Karaduman

Mohsens Colleague

Morteza Latif

Studio Owner

Aida Loos

Gynecologist

Payam Madjlessi

Ahmad

Arash Marandi

Babak

Thomas Nash

Joseph

Negar Mona Alizadeh

Donya

Klaus Ofczarek

Father-in-Law

Farhad Payar

Taxidriver, Counterfeiter

Gernot Polak

Finance

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: Germany

Summaries

Storyline

In this gorgeously animated drama, the lives of several strong-willed women and a young musician intersect. Their stories reveal the hypocrisies of modern Iranian society, where sex, drugs, and corruption coexist with strict religious law. In the bustling metropolis of Tehran, avoiding prohibitions has become an everyday sport and breaking taboos can be a means of personal emancipation. Nevertheless, women invariably end up on the bottom rung of the social order. A young woman needs an operation to "restore" her virginity. A judge in the Islamic Revolutionary Court exhorts favors from a prostitute in exchange for a favorable ruling. The wife of an imprisoned drug addict is denied the divorce she needs in order to live independently. Making use of rotoscope animation, expat Iranian filmmaker Ali Soozandeh creates a portrait of contemporary Tehran that would be impossible by any other means. — Anonymous