Offside
film by Panahi [2006]
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discussed in biography
- In Jafar Panahi
Offside (2006) centres on six young female soccer fans who try to sneak into a qualifying match for the World Cup between Iran and Bahrain on June 8, 2005. Women are prohibited from attending sporting events in Iran, so the fans disguise themselves as men.…
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history of film
- In History of film: Iran
Dayereh (2000; The Circle), and Offside (2006), and Majid Majidi, director of Bachela-Ya aseman (1997; Children of Heaven),Rang-e khoda (1999; The Color of Heaven),Bid-e majnun (2005; The Willow Tree), and Mohammed Rasulollah (2015; Muhammad: The Messenger of God).
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