The Circle
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jafar Panahi
Nargess Mamizadeh
Maryiam Parvin Almani
Mojgan Faramarzi
Elham Saboktakin
Monir Arab
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A look at the world of seven women in Iran, each searching for themselves while struggling with everyday oppression. In a hospital waiting room a woman learns that her daughter, Solmaz Gholami, has just given birth to a girl. The ultrasound test had prepared the family for a boy. The joy the mother anticipated turns to terror for she knows her son-in-law's family will abandon her daughter. On the crowded streets of Tehran- a place where women 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 been granted temporary leave from prison but they have no plans to return. Meanwhile, their friend Pari has just escaped from prison in order to have an abortion. Despondent, Pari wanders the streets and chances upon Nayereh, a woman about to abandon her young daughter. Pari tries to stop her, but it is too late. As these women's stories culminate, a shared sense of despair and injustice is transformed into one of kinship, even hope.
Director
Jafar Panahi
Cast
Nargess Mamizadeh
Maryiam Parvin Almani
Mojgan Faramarzi
Elham Saboktakin
Monir Arab
Solmaz Panahi
Fereshteh Sadr Orafai
Fatemeh Naghavi
Maedeh Tahmasbi
Maryam Shayegane
Khadijeh Moradi
Negar Ghadyani
Fatemeh Naghavi
Crew
Ali Aghababai
Ahmad Ardalan
Mohammad Atebbai
Bahram Badakhshani
Bahram Badakhshani
Bahram Badakhshani
Sassan Bagherpour
Mehdi Dejbodi
Mehdi Dejbodi
Vajid Allah Fariborzi
Amir Karimi
Abolfazl Laleh
Mehrdad Lashkari
Hemasseh Malaki
Morteza Motevali
Fereshteh Sadr Orafai
Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi
Kambozia Partovi
Iraj Raminfar
Mehdi Samakar
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Spring March 9, 2001
Released in United States May 11, 2001
Released in United States May 18, 2001
Released in United States on Video December 11, 2001
Released in United States 2000
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States June 2001
Released in United States August 2001
Shown at New York Film Festival September 22 - October 9, 2000.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 22 - October 5, 2000.
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (in competition) August 30 - September 9, 2000.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Main Programme Features) January 24 - February 24, 2001.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 19 - May 3, 2001.
Shown at Sydney Film Festival June 8-22, 2001.
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eyes of the World) August 12-26, 2001.
aspect ratio 1:1.66
Released in United States Spring March 9, 2001 (NY)
Released in United States May 11, 2001 (Boston and Detroit)
Released in United States May 18, 2001 (Los Angeles and Philadelphia)
Released in United States on Video December 11, 2001
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 22 - October 9, 2000.)
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 22 - October 5, 2000.)
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (in competition) August 30 - September 9, 2000.)
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Main Programme Features) January 24 - February 24, 2001.)
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 19 - May 3, 2001.)
Released in United States June 2001 (Shown at Sydney Film Festival June 8-22, 2001.)
Released in United States August 2001 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eyes of the World) August 12-26, 2001.)
