Simin, Resident of a Wandering Island (2013)

Simin, Resident of a Wandering Island

2013

Documentary

Synopsis

Simin Daneshvar was an Iranian pioneering novelist who lived nearly for a century and under 3 different political regimes. She and her husband, (Jalal Al Ahamd) have been regarded as "Iranian Simone de Beauvoir, and Jean-Paul Sartre". But they had a very different fate. Simin's life is a mirror of what has happened to Iranian women throughout a century, from unveiling the hijab and playing important roles in society to imposing hijab and staying at home in the Islamic regime. This film looks at her life through the history of women's movement in Iran.

Credits

Director

Hassan Solhjou

Cast

Abbas Milani as Himself

Ebrahim Golestan as Himself

Esmail Khoi as Himself

Mohsen Makhmalbaf as Himself

Nasser Pakdaman as Himself

Simin Behbahani as Herself

Simin Daneshvar as Herself (Archive Footage)

Crew