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DAKHTARAN-E KHORSHID
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Iran
2000 / 35 mm / Color / 90 min.
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DAUGHTERS OF THE SUN / FILLES DU SOLEIL
Amangol is a poor young woman. To help her find a well-paying job, all the while protecting her virtue, her father shaves Amangol's head and disguises her as a man. Amangol changes her name, puts on men's clothing and finds employment at a carpet factory where most of the workers are women. Her status as a man allows her to get a better -- and better-paying -- job than the others and to send back the much-needed money to her family. Amangol must remain cautious and secretive. Her precarious situation cannot tolerate even the slightest indiscretion. She works hard but isn't spared rebuke and humiliation by her supervisor. Truly complicating matters for Amangol, however, is the attention she is getting from another young woman worker. Perhaps charmed by Amangol's gentle demeanour, Belgheis has developed a crush on the young man...
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Script: Mariam Shahriar.
Phot.: Homayoun Payvar.
Ed.: Shahrzad Pouya.
Mus.: Hossein Alizadeh.
Cast: Altinay Ghelich Taghani, Soghra Karimi, Zahra Mohammadi, Habib Haddad.
Sales: Jahangir Kosari, Farabi Cinema Foundation, N� 55 Sie Tir Avenue, 11358 T�h�ran (Iran), t�l.: (98-21) 570 81 56, fax: (98-21) 570 81 55, e-mail: [email protected].
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Mariam Shahriar
Born in Tehran in 1966, Mariam Shahriar studied film at the University of California and graduated in Italian culture and history from the American University in Rome. She began her career working as an assistant director and editor in the Italian film industry. She has directed five short films: All My Dreams Come True (1986), In Search of a Lost Dream (1986), Lost, Love and Vicious (1990), Mommy Don't Cry (1997) and Angelica e una brava ragazza (1997). DAUGHTERS OF THE SUN marks her debut in features. |
