Gender Me: Homosexuality and Islam

Overview

Gender Me is a road movie about Mansour’s voyage into the world of Islam. It is a personal odyssey through a world of taboos, filled with contradictory images. He explores questions regarding faith and gender in Islam with a special focus on the unusual stories of Muslim gays. Mansour is a homosexual Iranian refugee who has been living in Oslo for the past 18 years where he works as a pharmacist. Now he wants to travel back to Istanbul, where he lived for two years before he was granted asylum in Norway.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 16, 2008

Original language

Norwegian

Spoken languages

arabic, english, NORWEGIAN, turkish

Countries

Norway

Production

Integral Film

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1650408