The Circle (2000)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The circle |
| Original title | Dayereh |
| Country of production | Iran , Switzerland , Italy |
| original language | Persian |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jafar Panahi |
| script | Kambuzia Partovi |
| production | Jafar Panahi |
| camera | Bahram Badakshani |
| cut | Jafar Panahi |
| occupation | |
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The circle ( Persian دايره, Dayereh ) is an Iranian film by director Jafar Panahi from the year 2000th
action
The film is set in Tehran . He tells the story of several women whose paths cross in the course of the film.
A child is born in a hospital. The grandmother of this child learns that it is a girl, even though it was determined during pregnancy that it would be a boy. She fears for the life of her daughter, withholds the news from the father's family and disappears from the hospital.
On the street she runs into two women who have been released from prison. They watch their friend who wants to sell a chain so that she can take the money to her hometown far away from Tehran. But the venture fails and she is arrested.
Your two friends are now looking for another way to get the money. But a woman cannot travel without her husband's consent. Only one student is allowed to take the bus back to her home country alone. But Nargess cannot identify himself.
She seeks out her friend Pari, whom she also knows from prison. Pari has escaped from prison pregnant and is now fleeing her father's house to avoid the brothers' vengeance. She wants to have the abortion but cannot find a doctor because she needs the father's permission for the abortion. She is now four months pregnant and the last hope is to be a former fellow inmate who works as a nurse and is now married to a Pakistani doctor.
Outside the hospital, Pari observes a mother with her finely dressed little daughter. The mother leaves her child and hopes that a good family will take her in. She has already tried this three times, but never had the heart. This time it succeeds and the girl is handed over to the police.
The woman is left alone, is picked up by a car and drives away, but the driver turns out to be a police officer. When they get into a traffic control, she gets out and conducts the investigation of a man who was with a prostitute. The client is ultimately allowed to continue, but the prostitute goes to prison.
Already in the cell, she meets the other women in history. The prison guard closes the light and it is dark. The circle is now complete.
background
The film had its world premiere on September 6, 2000 as a contribution to the competition at the Venice International Film Festival . The film was released in Germany in September 2001. In Iran , the film was only allowed to be shown in two private screenings and has been banned since then.
Reviews
- Lexicon of international films : A day in the life of six young women in Tehran who are trying to break out of the rules that discriminate against women and which begin at birth. The fates, connected like a loose dance, are staged unobtrusively, realistically and emotionally captivating, even if the director criticizes the situation only indirectly.
Awards
The film was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival in 2000 . At the festival he received the FIPRESCI Prize , the Sergio Trasatti Award and the UNICEF Prize. At the San Sebastián Film Festival a year later, he received the Grand Prix de la FIPRESCI ( Film of the Year ).
Web links
- The circle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The circle atRotten Tomatoes(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The circle. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 18, 2017 .