Simin, Resident of a Wandering Island

Overview

Simin Daneshvar was an Iranian pioneering novelist who lived nearly for a century and under 3 different political regimes. She and her husband, (Jalal Al Ahamd) have been regarded as "Iranian Simone de Beauvoir, and Jean-Paul Sartre". But they had a very different fate. Simin's life is a mirror of what has happened to Iranian women throughout a century, from unveiling the hijab and playing important roles in society to imposing hijab and staying at home in the Islamic regime. This film looks at her life through the history of women's movement in Iran.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 30, 2013

Original language

English

Production

BBC Persian

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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