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MASTER SCORE 68.1 / 100
2024·Biography / Drama·1h 48m

READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN

As Islamic morality squads stage arbitrary raids in Tehran and as fundamentalists seize hold of the universities, Azar Nafisi, an inspired teacher, secretly gathers six of her most committed female students to read forbidden western classics. Unaccustomed to being asked to speak their minds, they soon removed their veils, their stories intertwining with the novels they read: just like the heroines of Nabokov, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James or Jane Austen, the women in Nafisi’s living room dare to dream, hope and love as we experience the complexity of the lives of individuals facing political, moral and personal siege.

Above the Line
Eran Riklis·DirectorMarjorie David·WriterAzar Nafisi·NovelHélène Louvart·Director of PhotographyYonatan Riklis·Original Music ComposerArik Lahav-Leibovich·Editor
Cast
Golshifteh Farahani·Azar NafisiZar Amir Ebrahimi·SanazMina Kavani·NassrinBahar Beihaghi·MahshidIsabella Nefar·YassiRaha Rahbari·MannaLara Wolf·AzinShahbaz Noshir·MagicianArash Marandi·Bijan NafisiCatayoune Ahmadi·Mahtab
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 1
Eran Riklis·Director
Writing· 2
Marjorie David·WriterAzar Nafisi·Novel
Camera· 1
Hélène Louvart·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Arik Lahav-Leibovich·Editor
Sound & Music· 5
Yonatan Riklis·Original Music ComposerGianluca Costamagna·Sound RecordistAviv Aldema·Sound DesignerNin Hazan·Sound DesignerNadia Paone·Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art & Design· 2
Tonino Zera·Production DesignMary Montalto·Costume Designer
Production· 18
Moshe Edery·ProducerMichael Sharfshtein·ProducerEran Riklis·ProducerSanto Versace·ProducerGianluca Curti·ProducerMarica Stocchi·ProducerSharon Harel-Cohen·Executive ProducerMaya Amsellem·Executive ProducerJael Unger·Executive ProducerRami Ungar·Executive ProducerIshay Mor·Executive ProducerShaul Scherzer·Executive ProducerMarcello Mustilli·Executive ProducerDana Lustig·Executive ProducerMarjorie David·Executive ProducerMichal Koren·CastingEran Riklis·CastingJacopo Cino·Line Producer
By the Numbers
68.1
OF 100
Master Score
6.1
OF 10
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