The film explores their experience of male authority, their longing
for respect and freedom, and their hopes for a brighter future.
The centre is run by a dynamic and charismatic Mrs Shirazi, who
protects the girls from their families and helps them to renegotiate
their relationahips.
The film demonstrates how Iranian women are learning to challenge
the old rules and how rapidly their country is changing.
Kim Longinotto, a graduate of the National Film and Television
School, has achieved international recognition for her award winning
films and is unmistakably recognisable as a distinctive individual
voice: “I want to make films which create a situation where
the audience gets close to another individual, often from a completely
different background, and feel a shock of understanding…I
like films which subvert and make fun of established power”.
Selected Filmography: The Good Wife of Tokyo (1992); Dream girls
(1993); Shinjuku Boys (1995); Rock Wives (1996); Mile Leigh (997)Rob
and Chris (1999) Gaea Girls (2000) The Day I Will Never Forget
(2002) winner of the prestigious Joris Ivens Competition at the
International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam.
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