Offside

Release Date:

Mar 23, 2007

MPAA Rating:

PG

Running Time:

1:32

Genre:

Comedy

Director:

Jafar Panahi

Cast:

Sima Mobarakshai	First Girl
Safar Samandar	Soldier From Azerbaijan
Shayesteh Irani	Smoking Girl
Mohamad Kheirabadi	Soldier from Mashad
Aida Sadeghi	Soccer Girl
Golnaz Farmani	Girl With Tchador
Mahnnaz Zabihi	Girl Disguised as Soldier

Producers:

Jafar Panahi

Writers:

Jafar Panahi, Shadmehr Rastin

Language:

English

Official Website:

http://www.sonyclassics.com/offside/

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More Offside Pictures

Since women are banned from soccer matches, Iranian females masquerade as males so they can slip into Tehran's stadium to see the game between Iran and Bahrain. The ones who are caught and arrested are taken to a holding area and guarded by soldiers. One sympathetic soldier agrees to watch the game through a peephole and recount the action to the impatient fans.

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