IRAN · 2000

The Circle

Jafar Panahi
Iranian New Wave gender oppression women's rights patriarchal society social restriction female autonomy
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Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.

Year2000
CountryIran
DirectorJafar Panahi
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