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Synopsis
A group of football-obsessed young girls hatches an audacious plan to infiltrate the national stadium in Tehran—where women are banned from attending matches—to watch the World Cup qualifying game. Disguising themselves as men and dodging soldiers, the girls attempt to sneak into the stadium…
Synopsis
A group of football-obsessed young girls hatches an audacious plan to infiltrate the national stadium in Tehran—where women are banned from attending matches—to watch the World Cup qualifying game. Disguising themselves as men and dodging soldiers, the girls attempt to sneak into the stadium…
Our take
Winner of the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, Jafar Panahi’s feminist film takes an original angle to denounce the place of women in Iranian society: football fandom. Cheekily sneering at the police and cheering loudly, its female protagonists, full of vigour, are completely captivating.