Tehran Taboo (2017) on Netflix
In Tehran, poverty drives Pari into prostitution. Her imprisoned husband refuses a divorce. Her neighbor Sara seeks work her husband forbids. Babak and Donya must raise money for an operation.
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Plot summary
Pari lives in Tehran, where her husband, a drug addict, is imprisoned. Poverty has forced her into prostitution. She asks the Islamic Revolutionary Court for a divorce without her husband's approval. Her neighbor Sara is pregnant and looks for work her husband opposes. Babak is a musician who had sex with Donya at an underground party, and she is about to marry another man. The two need money for an operation.
Cast
- Gernot Polakas Finance / Sex Trader
- Roxana Rahnamaas Medical Assistant, Cultural Official
- Thomas Nashas Joseph
- Bilal Yasaras Elias
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Tehran Taboo (2017)
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- Ali Soozandeh said the film's inspiration was a conversation he overheard between two young Iranians on a train about their experiences with women in Iran; one of them mentioned a prostitute working with her six-year-old child, which Soozandeh called the "lightning bolt" that made him want to tell the story.
- Because shooting in Tehran was impossible and other Iranian cities were unsuitable for a realistic film set in Iran, Ali Soozandeh used rotoscoping: actors were filmed against a green backdrop and animation was added to insert background details specific to Tehran.
