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Inside a rehabilitation centre for juvenile delinquent women in Iran, Mehrdad Oskouei has crafted an intimate and complex portrait of a group of young women at the extreme margins of society.
Winner: Best Documentary, BFI London Film Festival, 2016
★★★★★ “…something close to a masterpiece of compassion.” – Cine Vue
It took seven years for veteran documentarian Mehrdad Oskouei to get permission to make a film in a rehabilitation centre for juvenile delinquent women in Iran. The result is an emotionally charged masterpiece which paints a thoughtful and complex portrait of young women at the extreme margins of Iranian society.
Fed up with being incarcerated, most feel conflicted about leaving the relative safety of their confinement where they have found community, and stepping back out into society and often rough circumstances. But the approach of the New Year celebration day sparks dreams of reunions with what they have left behind and hopes of a brighter future.