Day I Became a Woman, The

Aroview: A trio of strong metaphorical tales that outline three aspects of “a woman’s lot” in contemporary Iran, with humour and cinematic bravura.

Scripted by Mohsen Makmalbaf, the director of GABBEH, and Meshkini's husband, the feminist dimensions of this scheme is explored with an eye for the startling image – most dramatically in a splendid bicycle race sequence, where dozens of chador-clad women stream along a coastal road pursued by men on horseback

NZ International Film Festival 2001

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