Woman, Life, Freedom: Films of Iran
Join Peyvand in partnership with the King County Library System every Tuesday in November to celebrate the rich tradition of Iranian cinema, at the Kirkland Library.
To mark the one-year anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death and the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran, we will feature a spectrum of women's voices from top directors. Shannon Ghanbari of the Iran Film Initiative at Peyvand will introduce the films.
Please Register.
About The Film:
Cold Sweat (عرق سرد) is a story about Iran's national women’s futsal team makes the Asian Games final in Malaysia. But at the airport on departure day, the team captain, who is in the middle of an acrimonious divorce, finds that her husband hasn’t signed the document to permit her exit from the country. She decides to fight back against the patriarchal system.
Cold Sweat (عرق سرد)
Iran · 2018 · 1h 28m
Director: Soheil Beiraghi
Starring: Baran Kosari, Amir Jadidi, Sahar Dolatshahi, Leili Rashidi
Genre: Drama
IMDB: 6.2/10
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