The Circle (Dayereh) (2000)
Average Rating: 7.8/10
Reviews Counted: 60
Fresh: 56 | Rotten: 4
Bleak, yet powerful, The Circle offers a searing indictment of the oppressive conditions experienced by women in Iran.
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 21
Fresh: 19 | Rotten: 2
Bleak, yet powerful, The Circle offers a searing indictment of the oppressive conditions experienced by women in Iran.
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Three Iranian women must contend with a repressive political regime that has placed a stranglehold on nearly every aspect of their lives in this hard-hitting social drama. In a nation where a woman cannot buy a bus ticket out of town or accept a car ride from a man, much less have an abortion, it's not difficult for women to find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Arezou (Maryiam Parvin Almani), Nargess (Nargess Mamizadeh), and Pari (Fereshteh Sadr Orafai) are left to fend for themselves
May 18, 2001 Limited
Dec 18, 2001
Winstar Cinema
Cast
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Maryiam Parvin Almani
Arezou -
Nargess Mamizadeh
Nargess -
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Monir Arab
Ticket seller -
Elham Saboktakin
Nurse -
Fatemeh Naghavi
Mother -
Mojgan Faramarzi
Prostitute -
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All Critics (74) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (56) | Rotten (4) | DVD (6)
An impressive piece of work, especially considering it was made in a barren artistic climate overseen by a censorious government.
Top CriticJust like Tomb Raider, it is fiction. It just unfortunately comes a lot closer than the American film to the truth of how its female characters live.
A memorable and devastating indictment of the oppression facing many women in Iran.
In its brisk way, it's a devastating piece of work, and very brave too.
Profoundly dangerous to the status quo in Iran because it asks us to identify with the plight of women who have done nothing wrong except to be female.
The world it shows is both mysterious and full of menace -- yet as real as the world outside the theater.
What few ironies there are, are overpowered by the firm, calm, institutionalized oppression imposed on the women of Panahi's country.
... like a cry of distress from a princess imprisoned in a tower. But the tower is in a busy world of heartless, self-absorbed men who laugh at the idea of a rescue.
The Circle basically shows that Iran is a police state with severe measures for keeping women in control.
Gives some quick, powerful impressions of the Iranian woman's plight, but much less than if it had paused to tell a few stories thoroughly.
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Foreign Titles
- Der Kreis (DE)
- The Circle (UK)
