Women With Men (Zanan-e bedun-e mardan)

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Synopsis

Persian-language Drama. Based on the novella by Shahrnush Parsipur. During the events leading up to the Iranian coup of 1953, the lives of four women (Shabnam Tolui, Pegah Ferydoni, Arita Shahrzad, Orsi Toth) intersect with each other, and with the happenings of the day.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of cursing and profanity
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand violence, some in a suicide or self-harm context, some in a political unrest context - little blood or detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual violence - little detail, no blood or nudity
• Infrequent, brief portrayals of nightmarish imagery - little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity - no nudity, little detail
• Infrequent breast, buttock, and female frontal nudity in a non-sexual context - little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of smoking and alcohol use in a recreational context - little detail

Thematic elements

• Gender and power
• The politics of Iran
• The lives of women

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for mature subject matter

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