ASIFA Members are invited to see TEHRAN TABOO at the Laemmle Town Center and Ahrya Fine ArtsTheaters
Special Discount for ASIFA Members!
In the bustling metropolis of Tehran, avoiding prohibitions has become an everyday sport and breaking taboos can be a means of personal emancipation. This animated drama, portrays the lives of several strong-willed women and a young musician, revealing the hypocrisies of modern Iranian society, where sex, drugs, and corruption coexist with strict religious law. Expat Iranian filmmaker Ali Soozandeh, uses the rotoscope to creates a portrait of contemporary Tehran that would be impossible by any other means.
At the Laemmle Town Center and the Ahrya Fine Arts from March 9 through 15. TEHRAN TABOO director Ali Soozandeh will participate in a Q&A after the 7:30 PM screening at the Ahrya Fine Arts on Friday, March 9.
Ahrya Fine Arts Movie Theater
8556 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Information on how to get the ASIFA discount will be sent to members of ASIFA via email.
Tehran Taboo is unrated but is not recommend for children.