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Offside (Persian: آفساید) is a 2006 Iranian film directed by Jafar Panahi. The film is about a group of girls who try to watch a World Cup qualifying match but are forbidden by law because of their gender.
May 26, 2006 · Offside: Directed by Jafar Panahi. With Mohammad Asarian, Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ayda Sadeqi. The struggle of women in a country that excludes them from entering stadiums.
Since women are banned from soccer matches, Iranian females masquerade as males so they can slip into Tehran's stadium to see the game between Iran and Bahrain. The ones who are caught and ...
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Mar 23, 2007 · This internationally award-winning film casually and sometimes caustically uncovers what binds us - and blinds us - to the differences between our ways of life in the West with modern day Iran. Fascinating, funny and tragic, it's 'a gem of comic action' that explores the ambiguity between the sexes" (The Hollywood Reporter).
Offside is a fun & heartwarming sports movie that's not only works for comedy, but also works as a social commentary for iran who banned women from seeing game of football in a stadium. The plot is really simple, several Iranian women sneak into the 2006 world cup qualifying match between Iran vs Bahrain, they got caught by the guard & they ...
May 26, 2006 · During the 2006 World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Bahrain, numerous young women are caught and rounded up for dressing as men so they could gain access to the game. Guarded by several soldiers in a holding pen, the women attempt to keep updated on the score.
Mar 23, 2007 · Inspired by the day when his own daughter was refused entry to a soccer stadium in Iran, Jafar Panahi's OFFSIDE follows a day in the life of a group of Iranian girls attempting to watch their team's World Cup qualifying match against Bahrain at the stadium in Tehran.
