Reading Lolita in Tehran
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As Islamic morality squads stage arbitrary raids in Tehran and as fundamentalists seize hold of the universities, Azar Nafisi, an inspired teacher, secretly gathers six of her most committed female students to read forbidden western classics. Unaccustomed to being asked to speak their minds, they soon removed their veils, their stories intertwining with the novels they read: just like the heroines of Nabokov, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James or Jane Austen, the women in Nafisi’s living room dare to dream, hope and love as we experience the complexity of the lives of individuals facing political, moral and personal siege.
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Edited by Arik Lahav LeibovichShot by Helene LouvartScored by Jonathan RiklisDesigned by Tonino ZeraSound by Aviv AldemaCostumes by Maria Luisa MontaltoVFX by Mario Zanot
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- (Bulgarian)Да четеш Лолита в Техеран
Release dates around the world4 countries · showhide
- ItalyOct 19, 2024
- EstoniaNov 16, 2024
- PortugalMar 20, 2025
- IndiaMar 22, 2025
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107 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Golshifteh Farahani
as Azar Nafisi
Zar Amir Ebrahimi
as Sanaz
Mina Kavani
as Nassrin
Reza Diako
as Bahri
Arash Marandi
as Bijan Nafisi
Catayoune Ahmadi
as Mahtab
Sina Parvaneh
as Niyazi
Bahar Beihaghi
as Mahshid
Niloufar Davari
as Ensemble
Luigi Cortese
as Self - Assistent b camera
Abbas Fasaei
as Arash
Ash Goldeh
as Nima
Supporting cast
7Directors
1Writers
5Producers
16Dana Lustig
executive producer
Eran Riklis
Producer
Gianluca Curti
Producer
Ishay Mor
executive producer
Jacopo Cino
line producer
Marcello Mustilli
executive producer
Marica Stocchi
producer
Marjorie David
executive producer
Maya Amsellem
executive producer
Michael Sharfstein
Producer
Moshe Edery
Producer
Rami Ungar
executive producer
Santo Versace
producer
Schaul Scherzer
executive producer (as Shaul Scherzer)
Sharon Harel
executive producer
Yael Ungar
executive producer
Other crew
73Luigi Cortese
1st assistant 'b' camera
Nicola Cera
2nd assistant 'a' camera
Luca Padrini
additional assistant director
Francesca Claudione
administrative accountant
Marco Bagnoli
Art Director
Paola De Lorenzo
assistant accountant
Anna Guerra
assistant director
Irina Brigenti
assistant production coordinator
Alessandro Zera
assistant property master (as Zera Alessandro)
Leonardo Palmesi
assistant set dresser
Roberta Prosperi
background costumer
Azar Nafisi
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