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A professor in revolutionary Iran gathers her most dedicated female students to study banned literary classics. Based on Azar Nafisi's beloved memoir. (NR, 107 min.)
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In post-revolution Iran, a professor secretly gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to read and discuss forbidden classics of Western literature, including Lolita, The Great Gatsby, and Pride and Prejudice. Based on #1 New York Times Best Seller by Azar Nafisi. Starring Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Zar Amir Ebrahimi (Holy Spider), and Mina Kavani (No Bears). [Greenwich Entertainment]
Starring: Golshifteh Farahani, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Mina Kavani
Director: Eran Riklis
Language: Persian, English
Genre: Drama, Biography
"Gripping—Truly a film for these times."
— Arash Azizi, The Atlantic
"A moving story about the power of literature and sisterhood."
— Staff, Vanity Fair
"Inspiring, a cross-cultural tale that is both timely and timeless."
— Peyton Robinson, RogerEbert.com
"You’ll cheer as women rebel against cultural censorship and an enslaving patriarchy by reading forbidden books and spreading the word."
— Peter Travers, The Traver's Take
"Eran Riklis’ Reading Lolita in Tehran is not about Vladimir Nabokov’s book, but about the struggle between religious extremism and freedom of thought."
— Sebastian Zavala Kahn, Loud and Clear Reviews
"Beloved book club fiction gets the big-screen treatment in this condensed, thought-provoking adaptation of Azar Nafisi’s 2003 memoir of the same name."
— Thelma Adams, AARP Movies for Grownups
"About the harm systemic gender discrimination, denyng equal rights to women, does to a society. It is something that continues to be an international issue, and is getting worse in a number of Western countries, including the US."
— Leslie Combemale, AWFJ.org
"Eran Riklis adapts Azar Nafisi’s memoir about her life in post-revolutionary Iran. Nafisi (Golshifteh Farahani) and her husband return to Iran believing their beloved homeland is entering a new era of political and cultural freedom. Not so."
— Jennifer Merin, AWFJ.org
