23rd Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
I Have Sinned a Rapturous Sin
director: Maryam Tafakory
original title: Gonah kardam gonahi por ze lezzat
country: Iran, United Kingdom
year: 2018
running time: 8 min.
synopsis
An essay filmed against the backdrop of lyrical images of feather plucking or drawing with chalk presents the clerical orders of Islamic women and how they rein in their impure desires. As a subversive element of Islamic fundamentalism, the director recites a poem by Iranian feminist writer Forough Farrokhzad.
biography
Iranian director Maryam Tafakory (1987) works in London and addresses topics relating to female identity in a religious and political context. She experiments with the possibilities of visual narration and oscillations between reality and fiction.
more about film
| director: | Maryam Tafakory |
| producer: | Maryam Tafakory |
| editing: | Maryam Tafakory |
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