Offside
Jafar Panahi
This effective film concerns Iranian football enthusiasts who, by law, are continuously placed 'offside' owing to their female sex.Offside is about a group of young Iranian women who, disguised as men, attempt to enter the football stadium of Teheran in order to enjoy a match. Women in Iran are forbidden to enter the stadium. (AIFF 2007)
Credits
- Subtitles
- NL
- Content rating
- 12
- Director
- Jafar Panahi
- Country
- Iran
- Type
- Fiction
- Duration
- 99 minutes
- Themes
- social and peace movements, women & gender
- Year
- 2006