Divorce Iranian Style • Directed by Kim Longinotto & Ziba Mir-Hosseini • 1998 • Iran/United Kingdom

Winner of the Robert Flaherty Documentary Award at the BAFTA Film Awards, Divorce Iranian Style follows helpless Iranian women seeking divorce in a country where women face strong opposition and unfair judgement from their husbands and judges. The court becomes a battlefield, in which women fight for their rights and lives. Following these women through the hallways of the courthouse, the film examines the multi-layered and complicated realities of women’s lives and shows these fierce, justice-driven women to be the real driving force of the film.
By placing the camera in the judge’s seat, the film focuses on the true cost of this chaos and gives unbiased insight into the turmoils of unhappy relationships and the heated conflicts that take place in a country where those who fight for equality and the patriarchy are constantly at odds.
In Persian with English Subtitles

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