The Circle ( Dayereh ) ( Il Cerchio )

The Circle (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Dayereh
Alternate Title: Il Cerchio
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
San Sebastian International Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Farsi ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
87 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2000 and produced in:
Iran ( Africa, Middle East )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Jafar Panahi

Written By:
Kambuzia Partovi

Actors:
Nargess Mamizadeh ..... Nargess
Maryiam Palvin Almani ..... Arezou
Mojgan Faramarzi ..... Prostitute
Elham Saboktakin ..... Nurse
Monir Arab ..... Ticket Seller
Solmaz Panahi ..... Solmaz
Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy ..... Pari
Fatemeh Naghavi ..... Mother
Abbas Alizadeh ..... Father of Pari
Negar Ghadyani ..... Haji
Ataollah Moghadas ..... Parveneh
Khadijeh Moradi ..... Maedeh (as Maedeh Tahmasbi)
Maryam Shayegan
Maedeh Tahmasebi

Synopsis:

Her Only Crime Was Being A Woman...

A woman gives birth to a baby girl. Little does she know, but she and her daughter are already unwanted.

Three women are released from prison and their need for money leads them to take desperate measures.

An unmarried woman seeking an abortion is rejected from her father's house by the violent threats of her brothers.

Their crimes are vague, their guilt or innocence unimportant.

Their paths cross, the suspense of their intrigues heightens. Their plights are often too tragically similar. Their world is one of constant surveillance, bureaucracy and age-old inequalities. But this stifling world cannot extinguish the spirit, strength and courage of the circle of women.

Drama. The story centres on seven Iranian women who have in one way or another suffered because of the institutionalised patriarchy which exists in the country. The Iranian legal system is structured such that women are punished heavily for even the smallest perceived transgression. Several of the women have been imprisoned for crimes that are not divulged; one girl has escaped from prison to obtain an abortion. Others have turned to prostitution as a last resort. The title refers to the narrative circle of the storyline, which begins in a hospital ward and ends at a police station.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 16 October, 2008.