A film adaptation of “Khosrow and Shirin”, a 12th-century Persian tale, is shown to an audience of more than 110 celebrated actresses, all Iranian except for one from France. Though the film is invisible, the faces of the women watching the show tell the story as they gaze upon the heroine.
The final film in Kiarostami’s experimental video phase, Shirin is the story of Iran’s social oppression of women told purely through powerful reaction shots of famous actors as they watch an unseen performance. Includes Juliette Binoche, who would later star in Kiarostami’s Certified Copy.
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