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I want to be Afsaneh

10 10
2015
38min

Persian

English

Country: Japan Iran

Original Title: I Want to Be a Female Pro Wrestler! (1999)

This film is an intimate portrait of Afsaneh, an Irani woman abandoned by her husband and forced to sell her kidney to be able to provide a home for her only daughter.

Persian
English
Country: Japan Iran
Original Title: I Want to Be a Female Pro Wrestler! (1999)

AWARDS: Best Short Documentary. Los Angeles Cineast

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS: Colortape International Film Festival/ Action on Film International Film Festival

I Want To Be Afsaneh. The murmur of the story of a lonely woman

Afsaneh, an Irani woman, was obliged to marry at the age of thirteen. After three years living with her husband, she gives birth to a girl.

When her husband abandons her, she struggles to earn money and is faced with the idea of selling her kidney to provide a shelter for her daughter and herself.

In this film, Afsaneh tells her story and let her pains out, problems that have haunt her for 40 years.