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Offside (Persian: آفساید) is a 2006 Iranian film directed by Jafar Panahi. The film is about a group of girls who try to watch a World Cup qualifying match but are forbidden by law because of their gender.
May 26, 2006 · Offside: Directed by Jafar Panahi. With Mohammad Asarian, Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ayda Sadeqi. The struggle of women in a country that excludes them from entering stadiums.
- (8.6K)
- Comedy, Drama, Sport
- Jafar Panahi
- 2006-05-26
Synopsis. During the 2006 World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Bahrain, numerous young women are caught and rounded up for dressing as men so they could gain access to the game. Guarded by several soldiers in a holding pen, the women attempt to keep updated on the score.
- Jafar Panahi
- 93 min
- 16
Jan 6, 2009 · This is the official trailer of Jafar Panahi's 2006 award-winning film "Offside". Deals with reality of women's life in Iran's patriarchal society.A group o...
- 2 min
- 112.2K
- hardcorepoetician
The struggle of women in a country that excludes them from entering stadiums. Tehran, and possibly the whole of Iran, is galvanised by a match to be played at the Azadi stadium between Bahrain and Iran, the victor of which will qualify for the World Cup.
Offside. The Tehran soccer stadium roars with 100,000 cheering men -- and only men. The girls who are caught sneaking into the match and the soldiers who guard them, end up playing their own sort of game -- far more compelling than the championship inside.
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Several young Iranian girls, barred from attending soccer matches under the laws of the Islamic Republic, attempt to sneak into Tehran’s Azadi Stadium by dressing up as boys.
