Red Rose
First screened in September 2014
Director: Sepideh Farsi. Cast: Vassilis Koukalani, Mina Kavani, Shabnam Tolouei, Rezvan Zandieh, Babak Farahani, Shirin Manian. Screenplay: Sepideh Farsi and Javad Djavahery. Twitter Capsule:
Rich, surprisingly sexual drama of Iran's 2009 Green protests explores seductive pulls of both revolution and complacency.
VOR:③
Rare in its political ideas, sexual frankness, and blends of the two. Amir is right: films like this would profit from not making a "point" at every turn. Still, it's engaging and layered.
