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Āfsāīd, Offside, screenplay, Jafar Panahi, Shadmehr Rastin ; concept, editor, producer, and director, Jafar Panahi

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MPAA rating: PG; for language throughout and some thematic elements

Āfsāīd

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screenplay, Jafar Panahi, Shadmehr Rastin ; concept, editor, producer, and director, Jafar Panahi

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Offside

During the 2006 Iran-Bahrain match, the Tehran soccer stadium roars with 100,000 cheering men and, officially, no women. According to Islamic custom, women are not permitted to watch or participate in men's sports. Many of the ambitious young female fans who manage to sneak into the arena are caught and sent to a holding pen, guarded by male soldiers their own age. Duty makes these young men and women adversaries, but duty can't overcome their shared dreams, their mutual attraction, and ultimately their overriding sense of national pride and humanity

Special features: Anamorphic widescreen -- Interview with director Jafar Panahi -- Language: Persian/Farci Dolby digital 5.1 -- Subtitles: English, French

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Offside