The Circle (Dayereh) - Jafar Panahi

Genres: Drama
Plot Outline: Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.
Plot Synopsis: In a hospital waiting room a woman learns herdaughter, Solmaz Gholami, has just given birth. The ultrasound test hadprepared the family for a boy. The baby, it turns out, is a girl. Thejoy the mother anticipated turns to terror for she knows herson-in-law's family will abandon her daughter. The old woman flees asthe in-laws arrive. On the crowded streets of Tehran - a place wherewomen are not permitted to stay out on their own or smoke in public -two women are also on the run. Arezou and Nargess have just beengranted temporary leave from prison but they have no plans to return.They manage to scrounge together enough money for the bus trip toNargess' hometown, but she lacks proper identification, and the policeare searching everyone at the station. Meanwhile, their friend Pari hasjust escaped from prison in order to have an abortion. Threatened withdeath by her brothers, she flees from her father's house and meets witha former inmate, Elham, who is now married to a doctor and works in ahospital. Despite her connections, Elham is unable to help Pari in herhour of need. Despondent, Pari wanders the streets and chances uponNayereh, a woman about to abandon her young daughter. Pari tries tostop her, but it is too late. Soon after, Nayareh, falsely accused ofprostitution, is taken into custody by the police. As Panahi'snarrative shifts dynamically from woman to woman, their storiesculminate with tremendous potency, transforming a shared sense ofdespair and injustice into one kinship, and even hope.

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0255094/
/>Language: Persian
Subtitles: English, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese
Codec Video: XviD
Size: 700 Mb