While Milani lacks an overall cinematic vision, she skillfully uses composition and camera movement to underline emotions in each scene.
Two Women(دو زن)
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Iran · 1999
1h 36m
Director Tahmine Milani
Starring Niki Karimi, Mohammad Reza Foroutan, Reza Khandan, Atila Pesyani
Genre Drama
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A sensation when released in 1999 in Iran, Two Women charts the lives of two promising architecture students over the course of the first turbulent years of the Islamic Republic. Tahimine Milani creates this scathing portrait of those traditions - aided by official indifference - which conspire to trap women and stop them from realizing their full potential; the inclusion of frank depictions of domestic violence was hailed by many as a breakthrough in dealing with a long taboo subject.
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Its awkward mix of polemic and melodramatics probably won't travel very well.
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
Heart-pounding melodrama.
New York Daily News by Jami Bernard
A daring feminist movie that, while straightforward to a fault, is a rare opportunity to sample a female point of view from Iran, where such a thing is usually a veiled subject.
New York Post by Jonathan Foreman
It's fascinating and moving all the same, both in its depiction of Iranian daily life and in its powerful portrait of female oppression.
The New York Times by Lawrence Van Gelder
Impressive, unsettling, deeply felt film.
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