Unfinished Stories


1h 16m 2007

Brief Synopsis

Explores the obstacles confronted by Iranian women. Three episodes reveal the plight of three young women: Setareh, Hengameh and Saiideh. Through choice or circumstance, they find themselves alone with nowhere to go, and each is forced to spend the night on the streets of Tehran. Setareh is an independently minded, passionate young girl who runs away from her parents, who oppose her marriage to the boy she loves. Hengameh is pregnant and alone. After a quarrel with her husband, who is unwilling to support a baby, she flees her home in search of someone to terminate her pregnancy. And finally, Saiideh has just given birth, but with a husband in prison and no money to pay her medical bills, she is forced to steal into the night with her newborn.

Film Details

Genre
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2007

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 16m

Synopsis

Explores the obstacles confronted by Iranian women. Three episodes reveal the plight of three young women: Setareh, Hengameh and Saiideh. Through choice or circumstance, they find themselves alone with nowhere to go, and each is forced to spend the night on the streets of Tehran. Setareh is an independently minded, passionate young girl who runs away from her parents, who oppose her marriage to the boy she loves. Hengameh is pregnant and alone. After a quarrel with her husband, who is unwilling to support a baby, she flees her home in search of someone to terminate her pregnancy. And finally, Saiideh has just given birth, but with a husband in prison and no money to pay her medical bills, she is forced to steal into the night with her newborn.

Film Details

Genre
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2007

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 16m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 2007

Released in United States 2008

Released in United States September 2007

Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Time & Tide) January 23-February 3, 2008.

Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 6-15, 2007.

Released in United States 2007

Released in United States 2008 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Time & Tide) January 23-February 3, 2008.)

Released in United States September 2007 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 6-15, 2007.)