Docunight #40: Scenes from a Divorce

Directed by Shirin Barghnavard & Mohammad Reza Jahanpanah
2016 / 73 min
Persian with English Subtitles

Awarded the best documentary film in the 4rth Afghanistan International Women Film Festival, 2016 Nominated best directing and best producing of a documentary film in 18th Celebration of the Documentary Film, Tehran, 2016 Official Selection in 13th IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival, Delhi, India, 2016 Official Selection in 4th Iranian Film Festival in Germany, Cologne, 2017 A young Iranian couple gets divorced after eight years of marriage. But they decide to continue living together in the same apartment to hide the news from the wife’s religious parents who won’t tolerate the idea. As time passes, keeping the parents in the dark becomes more challenging, as they happen to live one floor above this divorced couple in the very same building. After a year, the couple realizes things can no longer continue like this. They still keep their divorce a secret, however, as revealing the truth might entail something worse.

Date/Time: Aug 2, 7 PM – 9 PM
Location: 102 Chemistry Bldg, University Park, PA 16802-4615, United States