[Visions du Réel '24] In this powerful chronicle about the constant resistance of women in Iran, director Farahnaz Sharifi remembers her childhood divided into two planets, the one outside with the impositions of the Khomeini regime and the one inside her home, represented by the image of her herself at the age of seven with the hijab in her hand: "My planet was full of dancing, even with Khomeini on the wall," she comments as the narrator of her own story. The dance, prohibited in Iran, becomes one of those daily acts of resistance against the culture of hate imposed in the country. It is an exciting and visceral film at times, which vindicates filming as an act of protest, especially when the popularity of cell phones made it possible to "record the story that they did not want to be recorded." And in this powerful account, Farahnaz Sharifi uses personal experience as a tool of resistance that reflects the collective experiences of Iranian women.
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[Visions du Réel '24] In this powerful chronicle about the constant resistance of women in Iran, director Farahnaz Sharifi remembers her childhood divided into two planets, the one outside with the impositions of the Khomeini regime and the one inside her home, represented by the image of her herself at the age of seven with the hijab in her hand: "My planet was full of dancing, even with Khomeini on the wall," she comments as the narrator of her own story. The dance, prohibited in Iran, becomes one of those daily acts of resistance against the culture of hate imposed in the country. It is an exciting and visceral film at times, which vindicates filming as an act of protest, especially when the popularity of cell phones made it possible to "record the story that they did not want to be recorded." And in this powerful account, Farahnaz Sharifi uses personal experience as a tool of resistance that reflects the collective experiences of Iranian women.