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Run time:
74 min.
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Canada, Iran, UK, USA
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Language:
Farsi
Would it surprise you to know that sex change operations are legal in Iran, a theocratic state with strict social mores and fundamentalist values? More than 20 years ago, Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa (religious edict) making sex changes permissible for "diagnosed transsexuals." Yet homosexuality remains punishable by death. Forced to live in secret for fear of retribution, a generation of young Iranian men are adopting an identity legally allowed to them-transsexual. In pursuit of what one man simply calls "a decent life," they flock to the country's best-established gender reassignment surgeon, where they are counselled by 24-year-old Vida, an eloquent post-op woman who claims to be "reborn" but warns the men of the dangers they face. Intimate and unflinching, Be Like Others accompanies several young men through their transformations. Capturing the complexities of Iranian society, it's a fascinating portrait of people on the fringes of Iranian life looking for acceptance through the most radical of means.
Co-presented with Xtra! |
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Isabel Bader | + add to cal |
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Cumberland Cinemas 2 | + add to cal |
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1:09 PM
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I saw this last night and I have to say left me very impressed and emotional. A well balanced yet informative/effective doc which touches on all the important points/facts yet remains detached and neutral in regards to a hot topic which could have swayed into sentimentalisms about religion and conservative culture in Iran. well paced and edited , overall a great doc by a promising American/Iranian director.
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