Offside (2006 Iranian film)
- Simar Mobarak Shahi - First Girl
- Safar Samandar - Soldier from Azerbaijan
- Shayesteh Irani - smoking girl
- M. Kheyrabadi - Soldier from Mashad
- Ida Sadeghi - Soccer Player
- Golnaz Farmani - Woman with chador
- Mahnaz Zabihi - soldier
- Nazanin Sedighzadeh - Young Girl
- M. Kheymed Kabood - Soldier from Tehran
- Mohsen Tanabandeh - ticket seller
- Reza Farhadi - Old Man
- M. R. Gharadaghi - Young firecrackers
The Iranian film Offside (Persian آفساید ) by Jafar Panahi playing on the edge of the ultimate football international match of the Iranian national team to qualify for the Football World Cup 2006 against Bahrain in the Iranian capital Tehran. The plot revolves around some women and girls who want to watch the game live in the stadium. German cinema release of the film was the 22 June 2006.
Action
In Iran, it is women and girls forbidden to attend a soccer match in a soccer stadium. The film is set on the edge of the crucial qualifying match of the Iranian national football team for FIFA World Cup 2006. Several women and girls dress up as boys to illegally but to get to the stadium. They are discovered and arrested. Soldiers who serve their military service, the women guard on the edge of the stadium.
Between the participating women and men, conversations in which aspects of Iranian society are illuminated develop. In particular, issues such as the military service and the areas covered by traditional laws role of Iranian women discussed critically.
Reviews
- Lexicon of international film: A skillfully and atmospheric density at the interface of documentary Impressions and staged episodes moving, just as explosive as dedicated " football movie" with the subversive message that joy of life and loss of the Iranian people in the long run not by political and religious can curb restrictions.
Awards
- Silver Bear at the Berlinale 2006
- Nominated at the Satellite Awards 2007 for Best Foreign Film