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Tehran Taboo (2017)
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Original name: Theran Taboo
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The lives of three strong-willed women and a young musician cross paths in Tehran’s schizophrenic society where sex, adultery, corruption, prostitution and drugs coexist with strict religious law. In this bustling modern metropolis, avoiding prohibition has become an everyday sport and breaking taboos can be a means of personal emancipation.
Style:
adult animation, serious, captivating, realistic, psychological, disturbing, social, art house
Plot:
taboo, women, cat, drug, prison, virginity, prostitution, prostitute, pregnancy, loss of virginity, women's rights, life is a bitch, society, social problems, social issues, dancing, female nudity, judge, bare breasts, nightclub, dormitory, police arrest, religion, suffering, propaganda ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
iran, tehran iran, middle east
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