DVD
Offside = Āfsāīd
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Widescreen version.
Languages
Persian (Farsi) soundtrack; optional English or French subtitles.
Performers
Sima Mobarak Shahi, Safar Samandar, Shayesteh Irani, M. Kheyrabadi, Ida Sadeghi, Golnaz Farmani.
Publication Information
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2007]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: PG; for language throughout and some thematic elements.
Summary
During the 2006 Iran-Bahrain match, the Tehran soccer stadium roars with 100,000 cheering men and, officially, no women. According to Islamic custom, women are not permitted to watch or participate in men's sports. Many of the ambitious young female fans who manage to sneak into the arena are caught and sent to a holding pen, guarded by male soldiers their own age. Duty makes these young men and women adversaries, but duty can't overcome their shared dreams, their mutual attraction, and ultimately their overriding sense of national pride and humanity.
Notes
DVD release of the 2006 motion picture.
Special feature: Interview with director Jafa Panahi.