Zari
Zari
Arman Gholipour Dashtaki
Iran / 2021 / 28' / World premiere
Zari
Arman Gholipour Dashtaki
Iran / 2021 / 28' / World premiere

Zari is a rural woman who lives in Western Iran. When she was 11 years old, her parents forced her to marry a 25-year-old man – the beginning of her challenging life. She is different from other rural women though: she drives a pickup truck and distributes gas to 16,000 villagers.

Language: Persian

Subtitles: Italian

Director

Arman Gholipour Dashtaki

Born in 1990, he is an Iranian film-maker. He has directed more than 10 documentary films, mainly focused on local and native issues in the Zagros Mountains of Iran. His films include OMID MAN (2014), GONJ(BEE) 2018, AFFIDAVIT FOR KHANALI (2018), BEYOND THE FENCE (2018), ARMETI (2019), CAPTAIN 22 (2019).

Awards

Premio Amelia de Eccher
Ed. 2022
An intense depiction, offering an honest, simple and direct portrait. A respectful and attentive look at the story of a courageous woman who decides to fight day after day to establish and create her own unique and particular space for freedom, after being forced to marry twice, the first time at the age of eleven.

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