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Nov 21, 2024
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Reading Lolita in Tehran (2024)

In 1979, amidst censorship and religious extremism, a revolutionary literature professor in Tehran gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to immerse themselves in banned literary classics.

Category

Drama

Country

Italy Israel United Kingdom

Companies

Eran Riklis Productions Topia Communications Rosamont Minerva Pictures MiC United King Films RAI Cinema WestEnd Films

Golshifteh Farahani

Azar Nafisi

Zar Amir Ebrahimi

Sanaz

Mina Kavani

Nassrin

Bahar Beihaghi

Mahshid

Isabella Nefar

Yassi

Raha Rahbari

Manna

Lara Wolf

Azin

Shahbaz Noshir

Magician

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