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.
Czech Premiere
synopsis
What cures women of sexual promiscuity? Eating lettuce, of course. Fragments of Forough Farokhzad’s poem, Sin, are read out against Islamic clergies advising women on how to control their lust.
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
| producer: | Maryam Tafakory |
| editing: | Maryam Tafakory |
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