Rooted in fact, but bent on busting taboos rather than practising dramatic restraint, this lesbian love story also credibly explores Iran’s underground youth scene. But a subplot involving a fundamentalist spying on his liberal family becomes increasingly unhinged.
Circumstance Review
Drifting into a taboo relationship, teenager girls Atafeh (Nikohl Boosheri and Shireen (Sarah Kazemy) discover exactly how intolerant modern-day Iran can be. Atafeh's fundamentalist brother Mehran (Reza Sixo Safai) is an added threat to their happiness.
Release Date:
24 Aug 2012
Running Time:
107 minutes
Certificate:
15
Original Title:
Circumstance
It's languorously filmed and insightful on life in Tehran but let down by an erratic plot turn.
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