Circumstance (2011)
Circumstance is not a family drama, is not political, is not a romance between two girls in impossible circumstances who won’t make it through — it’s all of those.
Circumstance is not a family drama, is not political, is not a romance between two girls in impossible circumstances who won’t make it through — it’s all of those.
The 22nd edition of the Stockholm Film Festival was all about love. Love for movies, love for art as well as movies about love. Boasting over 170 movies from 44 countries, there was always something to watch for everyone.
How do you review a movie that isn’t a movie? This is not a review and Jafar Panahi didn’t make a movie.
Iranian director Jafar Panahi was put on house arrest because the Iranian government says he was making a movie criticizing the regime. During the house arrest, bored and very much frustrated with his situation, Pahani decided to step in front of the camera to give us his side of the story.
Be Like Others is an interesting documentary that sheds some light into Iran’s stand on transsexuality, which lets individuals that want to change their gender get operated, opening a whole new can of worms.
Winner of this year’s Sundance Audience Award Drama, Circumstance tells the story of two well-off and liberated Iranian teenage girls who deal with rebellion, drugs and sexuality.