Set in contemporary Iran in the unseen world of Iranian youth culture, filled with underground parties, sex, drugs and defiance, Circumstance is the story of two vivacious young girls - Atafeh and Shireen - discovering their burgeoning sexuality, struggling with their desires and the boundaries placed upon them by the world they were born into.Winner of the Sundance Audience Award, Circumstance is a thrilling expose of an Iranian culture rarely seen. Maryam Keshavarz's directorial debut has blazed a promising trail at film festivals the world over, challenging audience's... pre-conceived perspectives of a society and how women can defy the rules imposed upon them, despite the dangers they face. [show more]
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Drama following the relationship between two young women who face the cultural constraints of modern-day Iran. Teenager Atafeh Hakimi (Nikohl Boosheri) is the daughter of rich parents, Firouz (Soheil Parsa) and Azar (Nasrin Pakkho), and sister to Mehran (Reza Sixo Safai), who practices religion obsessively as he recovers from a drug addiction. Along with her best friend, Shireen Arshadi (Sarah Kazemy), Atafeh attends underground parties and explores her sexuality, despite the restrictions of Iranian culture. Believing Atafeh to have a bad influence on her, Mehran becomes determined to save Shireen but his actions threaten to tear his family apart.
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