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Iranian Women Revolt Sidebar

This Iranian drama follows a woman who survives a horrific attack by her estranged husband and finds solace as an endurance swimmer, eventually overcoming political and religious hurdles in a bid to swim further than anyone has done before with her hands bound.



About the Iranian Women Revolt Sidebar

Inspired by the movement Woman, Life, Freedom, which started a few months ago in Iran, Iranian Women Revolt is a film series that showcases the cinema made by and about the Iranian women raised in post-1979 Revolution. This series captures diverse stories of the life of Iranian women who have lived under an oppressed regime for over 40 years. These post revolution young women filmmakers, who are bold, courageous, and intelligent, share the struggles, fights, quarrels, and pains of their characters with us. Thus, they no longer accept the tyranny against women and people of Iran in general. And they rise.


These are stories that shed light on the first ever women revolution that led to Iranian women being called the heroes of the year by the Time’s Magazine, for their courageous fight against oppression.

  • Runtime
    103 minutes
  • Country
    Iran, Islamic Republic of, Qatar
  • Director
    Sahar Mosayebi