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    Facing Mirrors

    Negar AZARBAYJANI 2011 Iran Fiction color 102min Persian BD
    Rana, inexperienced, religious and bound by traditions, is forced to drive a cab in order to survive financially. Adineh, wealthy yet rebellious, has escaped from her home. These two women with opposite backgrounds and social classes are accidentally brought together to share a journey. Rana then finds that her passenger is a transsexual and realizes comprehending such reality is close to impossible, because it surpasses all she believes in and traditions she values. Set in contemporary Iran and as the first film about transsexual in Iran, Facing Mirrors is a story of an unlikely and daring friendship that develops despite social norms and religious beliefs. Even though Iran is a religious country, transsexualism is not against the law. On the other hand, the government even provides financial aid to those who do not have enough money to have the transsexual operation. However, transsexual people are still mistreated in this country, especially within households and traditional societies. The film courageously points out this phenomenon and tries to overturn the public's negative attitudes.

    Director

    Negar AZARBAYJANI

    Born in 1974, she has a BA degree in Cinema from Art University of Tehran and a MA degree in Visual Media Arts from Emerson College in Boston. She started her career in pictures by acting in a few television series and also worked as the assistant editor on the movie Sheyda by Kamal Tabrizi. Then she was involved in writing and translating scripts during and after her graduate program in the United States. She also directed a number of shorts and animations. Facing Mirrors is her first feature film.

    Negar AZARBAYJANI
    • 2011《同途她是他》Facing Mirrors

    Director/ Negar AZARBAYJANI 

    Screenplay/ Negar AZARBAYJANI, Fereshteh TAERPOOR 

    Producer/ Fereshteh TAERPOOR 

    Original Music/ Fardin KHALATBARI 

    Cinematography/ Turaj MANSURI  

    Editing/ Sepideh ABDOLVAHAB 

    Cast/ Shayesteh IRANI, Qazal SHAKERI, Homayoun ERSHADI, Maryam BOUBANI

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