Be Like Others (2008)
- Directed by
- Tanaz Eshaghian
- Genre
- documentary film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- Iran, United Kingdom, United States, Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Rating
- 3.7 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Modern Iran offers sex reassignment surgery but not acceptance of homosexuality. The film follows several transgender young women as they navigate clinics, families and daily life in Tehran.
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What happens
Be Like Others: The Story of Transgendered Young Women Living in Iran (also known as Transsexual in Iran) is a 2008 documentary film written and directed by Tanaz Eshaghian about trans people in Iran. It explores issues of gender and sexual identity while following the personal stories of some of the patients at a Tehran gender reassignment clinic. The film played at the Sundance Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival, winning three awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Nous n'irons plus au bois (2008)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.