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Bookmark this pageStay Alive (2006)
Director: Dariush Mehrjui
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Set in a region of Iran close to the Iraqi border, Mehrjui's film concerns the apparently all-too-common phenomenon of young women setting themselves alight in protest against the prison-like conditions of their lives in a society founded on repressive patriarchal tradition. The film focuses on three different women, reacting variously to their predicaments, and is undoubtedly both heartfelt and affecting; but while its narrative style - elliptical, fragmented, even eccentric at times - is ambitious and imaginative, it sometimes makes for a loss of clarity and momentum.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Dariush Mehrjui
Producer: Mohammad Nikbin, Tahmineh Milani, Dariush Mehrjui
Cast: Masoumeh Bakhshi, Shadi Heydari, Neda Aghaei full cast
Genre(s): Drama
Rated: 15
Duration: 97 mins
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