Under the Skin of the City (2001)

Original title

زیر پوست شهر

Directed by

Rakhshan Bani-E'temad

Genre

drama film

Country

Iran

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman struggles to hold her family together while facing poverty and pressure in Tehran. She makes difficult choices to keep her children safe and her household intact.

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What happens

Under the Skin of the City (Persian: زیر پوست شهر, Zir-e poost-e shahr), also released as Under the City's Skin, is a 2001 Iranian drama film directed by Rakhshan Bani-E'temad. It was entered into the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Golden St. George. Adapted from this movie, another short film called "Zir Posht Shahr Tehran", directed by Abolfazl Amiri, was made in 2022 Iranian Date 1400 2. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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