Born in Evin (2019)
- Directed by
- Maryam Zaree
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Germany, Austria
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
The director investigates her own birth in Tehran's Evin prison, where her mother was held as a political prisoner. She interviews her mother and other former inmates to understand the prison's impact on her family.
personalintrospectivesombergroundedemotionally rawcontemplativeintimateresilient
What happens
Born in Evin ist ein deutsch-österreichischer Dokumentarfilm der Produktionsfirma Tondowski Films aus dem Jahr 2019 und zugleich der Debütfilm der Regisseurin Maryam Zaree. Seine Premiere hatte er bei den Internationalen Filmfestspielen Berlin 2019 in der Sektion Perspektive Deutsches Kino, dessen Kompass-Perspektive-Preis er erhielt. Es folgten eine Reihe weiterer Auszeichnungen, darunter 2020 der Deutsche Filmpreis. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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