Reading Lolita in Tehran
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In revolutionary Iran, as fundamentalists tighten their grip on society, a professor secretly gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to read and discuss forbidden classics of Western literature, including Lolita and Pride and Prejudice. Based on the bestselling memoir by Azar Nafisi. A film by Eran Riklis starring Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Zar Amir (Holy Spider), and Mina Kavani (No Bears).
Cast
- Golshifteh Farahani
- Zar Amir Ebrahimi
- Mina Kavani
- Reza Diako
- Arash Marandi
- Catayoune Ahmadi
- Sina Parvaneh
- Bahar Beihaghi
- Niloufar Davari
- Abbas Fasaei
Letterboxd User Reviews
- Mar 26, 2025
films fait par et pour les occidentaux, beaucoup trop gentil, pas assez politique. Les personnages sont seulement là pour représenter des situations, les femmes du club de lecture n'existent pas en tant qu'individu propre. On accorde à chacune 5 minutes de dialogue intime à…
ouhawNov 27, 2024the sexual tension between me and misandry
giorgiaMar 20, 2025This film falls short of its rich source material. It wants to be about literary freedom, gender oppression, and political resistance but only skims the surface of all three. Moments that should hit hard—intimate scenes of women reading Lolita as part of an “underground”…
brianna - Nov 22, 2024
Produzione italo-israeliana 💀
Davide CaponiOct 22, 2024Nice one. Probably an evergreen. Notice this is an American movie. Beautiful open minded ladies against brute Islamic men. No geopolitical context about Iran, and apparent no relationship with the U.S.. Perfectly suited for american audience. I enjoyed the book club…
feirutMar 29, 2025C'est difficile pour un film comme celui-ci de passer après l'admirable Les Graines du Figuier Sauvage de Mohammad Rasoulof. Parce que là où ce dernier représentait avec une maîtrise sidérante la lente montée de l'idéologie des Mollahs au sein de la sphère familiale, ici le…
Kévin List - Apr 13, 2026
Textbook "clash of civilizations" psyop that repackages Azar Nafisi’s already tired Orientalist tropes for a new audience that is supposedly too "progressive" to see that they are being fed a diet of imperialist propaganda designed to make the bombing of the Middle East…
edgard713Mar 28, 2025je pense qu’à partir d’aujourd’hui je vais me balader avec une bague dans ma poche pour “au cas où” je croise golshifteh farahani
zéaMar 20, 2025Un film qui m’a particulièrement touché à voir absolument à sa sortie le 26 mars. 1 ⭐️ - Pour l’histoire des femmes Iranienne et leurs libertés. C’est fou de ce rendre compte du contraste brutal entre les année 70 et aujourd’hui. C’est aussi un film pour toutes les femmes…
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- Golshifteh Farahani as Azar Nafisi
- Zar Amir Ebrahimi as Sanaz
- Mina Kavani as Nassrin
- Reza Diako as Bahri
- Arash Marandi as Bijan Nafisi
- Catayoune Ahmadi as Mahtab
- Sina Parvaneh as Niyazi
- Bahar Beihaghi as Mahshid
- Niloufar Davari as Ensemble
- Abbas Fasaei as Arash