Facing Mirrors
آینه های روبرو
2011
Directed by Negar Azarbayjani
minigraph:
Simple but moving tale carefully constructed to promote
understanding of what it means to be transgender in Iran
understanding of what it means to be transgender in Iran
Facing Mirrors is director Negar Azarbayjani's first feature film and the first film about transsexuality to receive a mainstream release in Iran. The film follows an episode in the lives of Eddie (Shayesteh Irani), a rich transgender man fleeing from his oppressive family and Rana (Qazal Shakeri), a cis woman who is struggling to support her family by driving a taxi. Their worlds collide when Rana accepts Eddie's money in exchange for driving him to Tehran from where he plans to fly to Germany for sex reassignment surgery.
