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Daughters of the Sun

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Daughters of the Sun reviews
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7.6 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 7 critic reviews
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Based on 3 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama  |  Foreign  |  Gay/Lesbian

Written by: Maryam Shahriar

Directed by: Maryam Shahriar

Release Date:
Theatrical: July 29, 2004

Running Time: 92 minutes, Color

Origin: Iran

Language(s): Persian (with English subtitles)

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Altinay Ghelich Taghani, Soghra Karimi, Zahra Mohammadi, and Habib Haddad

This powerful film about women under Islam features a young Iranian woman who hides her identity by dressing as a man, then becomes romantically involved with another young woman.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Acted as a drama, paced like a ritual, filmed as a slice of rural Iranian life.

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75

New York Post V.A. Musetto

There’s little dialogue in this gem of a movie, but little is needed. Aman’s anguished face – which recalls Maria Falconetti in “The Passion of Joan of Arc” -- conveys all the information we need.

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70

Chicago Reader Ted Shen

At times Shahriar succumbs to self-conscious poeticism, and her male characters are invariably thieves and oppressors, but the film draws a good deal of power from the passive anguish of the girl.

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70

The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps

Never quite finds the rhythm of a great film, and it scores no points for subtlety by including a subplot about a horse breaking free of its master, but Shahriar displays a real gift for conveying Taghani's plight in all its grimness.

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60

Village Voice Laura Sinagra

The filmmaker achieves the desired sense of remoteness and claustrophobic doom, and though the story could be told more economically, her slow approach conveys the distended chronology that attends an indentured servitude resembling slavery.

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50

The New York Times Dave Kehr

With her shaved head and staring eyes, Aman actually looks as if she had been stripped entirely of her sexuality, like a Holocaust victim. What does seem certain is that a bootleg print of "Yentl" is still making its way through Iran's filmmaking underground, leaving a wide trail of influence behind it.

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50

Variety Eddie Cockrell

A plea for attention to despicable conditions of female servitude in contempo Iran.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 7.6 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Thomas H. gave it a6:
Glacial pacing, exotic, sad and poor. Window into a strange and foreign land.

Farhad F. gave it an 8:
A powerful insight into anguished human emotions operating at the basest level. Little dialogue, but not much was necessary to convey the beauty of this gem.

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