Daughters of Malakeh

2011, English. Directed by Jet Homoet & Sharog Heshmat Manesh.

Three generations of women, wedged between two worlds, struggle to give shape to their lives in present-day Iran.

In public, Maryam wears a headscarf and obeys the rules of the state. But in the privacy of her own home, she’s the breadwinner who runs the show, along with her mother and younger sister, Ghazal. When Maryam decides to get married, a blushing bride at 45, her worlds collide. With the support and encouragement of her family, she reconciles her personal autonomy with the expectations of a traditional marriage. Brother and co-director Sharog Heshmat Manesh presents an intimate portrait of family life in Iran, candidly capturing his sister’s wedding jitters, her fear of giving up her independence and of being too old to break free from her habits, and her attempts to add a pre-nuptial stipulation to the Marriage Guarantee.

Runtime

1h 18m

Post-credits

None listed

Language

English

Rated

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