The Ladies’ Room
Written by on October 1, 2010 – 3:33 am -(Film from Iran) Filmed in a womans restroom located in a public park in Irans metropolitan center of Tehran, this documentary explodes Western stereotyping of women in Iran. The elder who runs the washroom offers a shoulder to cry on or tough love in a place where women—many of them especially marginalized because they are prostitutes, addicts or runaways—feel safe enough to remove their veils, and draw on cigarettes and their opinions on a wide range of subjects that men cannot hear them speaking about: sex, family abuse, relationships, drugs, religion, self-mutilation. The director (and admired actress) supplies the audience with an unflinching, detailed examination of the lives of the women who use the restroom as a gathering place. Mary Kerr, Programming Director of Silverdocs, highly praises the way private conversations establish community: Never before have I been so surprised by a film’s candor and honesty. The Ladies’ is an amazing testament to Mahnaz Afzali’s restraint as a filmmaker as she steps into the background and lets these women, who are second-class citizens in Iran, be themselves—totally unrestrained and surprisingly progressive. View the full film via secure streaming at AsiaPacificFilms.com asiapacificfilms.com
Tags: family abuse, Mary Kerr, stereotyping, Tehran
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February 25th, 2010 at 9:23 am
What a tragic life. I wonder if Iran would ever progress out of the sewage it has turned into.
February 25th, 2010 at 7:26 pm
I didn’t fully understand, are they all jendeh or are just some of them jendeh?
February 26th, 2010 at 6:57 am
Let’s see why they have turned to whatever you call them! Aavakh, chi bar sare mardom oomade.
February 26th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
khoda lanat kone baeso banie inhame badbakhty mardomo,
February 26th, 2010 at 11:29 pm
khob honar kardy in filmo sakhti, ghablaz to kheilihaye digeham sai kardan in chizaro kharej az iran neshon bedan ke esmeshon dar bere, to ye kare jadid mikardy… in chiza inghadr ziad shode onja ke adie, albate iran tanha keshvary nist ke injorie, USA ,UK va kheili jahaye dige, hameja hast…
February 26th, 2010 at 11:57 pm
ino to Iran ham mikhaayn pakhsh konin???
February 27th, 2010 at 2:47 am
In masael monhaser be iran nist, hatta servatman tarin keshvar haye jahan ham ba in masale robero hastan, sanian dar zamane shaham ina inghadr ziad shode bodan ke faghat tooye tehran barashoon shahrak dorost karde bood ke jameshon bokone, ba in osaf baz ham tooye khiabona dide mishodand.
February 27th, 2010 at 7:19 am
درود بر دلاور شیرزنان آریا بوم
درود بر دلاور فرزندان آریا بوم
مرگ بر جمهوری اسلامی
مرگ بر اسلام اهریمنی
پاینده ایرانزمین
February 27th, 2010 at 7:42 am
kheili vahshatnak bud,pula ro mirizan tu kune zanhaye lobnani va arab va zanane badbakhte iran,bayad faheshe shan
February 27th, 2010 at 9:01 am
So where is the rest of it ????????
February 27th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Goh bar Eslam ke mamleate mara be baad daad
February 27th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
I wanna see the whole thing!!!!!!!?
February 28th, 2010 at 10:11 am
You can see the entire film on the Asia Pacific Films website. The link is at the end of the summary.
February 28th, 2010 at 10:17 am
But you need to create an account ,,,are you advertising their channel and is it safe?
March 1st, 2010 at 1:53 am
This can happen everywhere in the world, prostitution is not limited to Iran and poor countries. Iran has a multi-layered sociality just like anywhere in the world. Prostitution is an international disaster.