Read Lolita in Tehran: This actor named Caesar in this political and literary drama

Moving and authentic film

Azar Nafiz, a professor at the University of Tehran, secretly unites his seven students to read the classics of Western literature banned by the regime. Although the fundamentalists are in power, these women refrain from removing their headlights and discussing their hopes, their love, and their place in increasingly oppressive society. For them, the reading of Lolita in Tehran points out the liberation power of the literature.

When director Eran Ricklis discovered the autobiographical novel of Azar Nafis in 2009, he has since he has an instinct that there is an excellent film. It was in 2016 that he began correspondence with the author on Facebook. This exchange then is born while reading Lolita in Tehran, the film of some political and especially moving.

Due to costumes, teams and figures, Eran Ricklis was surrounded by Iranian experts to best copy the Tehran of the 80s and 90s.

Golshifth Farahani, Free and Faithful

“” “I didn’t make any concessions to the casting validitySays a film director who has only selected exiled Iranian actors and actors. Golshifteh has a very rich story, he has suffered a lot and he can rely on his past. He has an unusual intuition, and he was a little naive (if …) and he seemed to me that he fits perfectly into the thought. He immediately imposed his role in my role.»

He was appointed to Caesar’s best woman’s hope for her game at Syngué Sabour – Pierre de Patience, Golshifteh Farahani has already collaborated with Eran Rickley, Mona Lisa File (2017). But long before, in 2008, the actor from Tehran became known internationally. In fact, in Ridley Scott, he plays the role of the Jordanian nurse, along with Leonardo DiCaprio, and then performs the first Iranian star in the American production after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. After returning to his native country, after seeing the film promoted, Iran prohibits him from the territory. Month. This event pushes him to exile in France, in which he lives today.

The emblem voice of women’s emancipation in Iran, the role of Azar, is naturally matched. Free and courageous, he accurately depicts this teacher who would never stop fighting against the Islamic dictatorship. To play next to him, the director chose as talented actors such as Bar Amir (Tatami), in particular, the winner of the Woman Interpretation Prize for Mashad’s nights.

Portrait of intimate and political women

Read Lolita in Tehran with sophistication unite human relationships, political and planetary issues. Fear, hope, and love are marked in this microcosm, which allows to shake the form of conviction and literature in the open window.

“” “In all my films, I try to examine the hearts and souls of the creatures in the moments of extreme tensions, in the crucial moments, in the crisis, with inspiration – and every time, in the context of social and political tilting.“Explains the director.

Intimate, reads Lolita Tehran, watching these women and men’s excavations and tired faces who sacrifice their lives to their people and their country, but also emotional connections and sororal friendships, allowing to maintain hope.

Politics and contact, reading Lolita’s tyrant is the cry of hope of literature. You can now discover the movie in the dining room.