Tehran Taboo

Tehran Taboo

2017•1h 36m•7.1/10

DramaAnimation

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.1/10(101)

The lives of three strong-willed women and a young musician cross paths in Tehran’s schizophrenic society where sex, adultery, corruption, prostitution and drugs coexist with strict religious law. In this bustling modern metropolis, avoiding prohibition has become an everyday sport and breaking taboos can be a means of personal emancipation.

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Production

Little Dream Entertainment, ORF, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, OFI, HessenFilm und Medien, Pixeltruck, ZDF, Coop99 Filmproduktion

Language

FA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Arash Marandi

Arash Marandi

Babak

Alireza Bayram

Mohsen

Şiir Eloğlu

Şiir Eloğlu

Schwiegermutter

Zar Amir Ebrahimi

Zar Amir Ebrahimi

Sara

Klaus Ofczarek

Klaus Ofczarek

Father-in-Law

Morteza Tavakoli

Morteza Tavakoli

Amir

Gernot Polak

Finance / Sex Trader

Hasan Ali Mete

Hasan Ali Mete

Judge

Roxana Rahnama

Medical Assistant, Cultural Official

Thomas Nash

Joseph

Elmira Rafizadeh

Elmira Rafizadeh

Pari

Bilal Yasar

Elias

Aida Loos

Gynecologist

Jasmina Ali

Amirs Girlfriend, School Official

Adem Karaduman

Mohsens Colleague

Manuel Dragan

Dealer

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