OFFSIDE
Jafar Panahi

TITLE

OFFSIDE

DIRECTOR

Jafar Panahi

PRODUCER

Jafar Panahi Film Production

STATUS

Completed

NATIONALITY

Iran

YEAR

2006

LANGUAGE

Farsi

LENGTH

88'

ORIGINAL TITLE

Offside

GENRE

Comedy

CAST

Sima Mobarak Shahi, Safdar Samandar, Shayesteh Irani

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SYNOPSIS

Who is that strange boy sitting quietly in the corner of a bus full of screaming fans going to the football match? In fact, this shy boy is a girl in disguise. She is not alone, women also love football in Iran. Before the game begins, she is arrested at the check point and put into a holding pen just by the stadium with a band of other women all dressed up as men. They will be handed over to the vice squad after the match. But before this, they will be tortured! They must endure every cheer, every shout of a game they cannot see. Worse yet, they must listen to the play-by-play account of a soldier who knows nothing about football. Yet these young girls just wonメt give up. They use every trick in the book to see the match. A smart comedy illustrating the violation of womenメs rights in Iran.
Poster for film Offside, group at rail, excited expression

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