
Niloofar 2008
"Niloofar"
Overview
Niloofar is a twelve-year-old girl whose dream is to read and write, but she lives in a village where education is only for boys. Her mother, a well-known midwife, insists that Niloofar become her apprentice. While assisting her mother during a delivery, Niloofar meets a feminist woman who undertakes to teach her in secret. Unfortunately, in exchange of a palm tree field, Niloofar's father promises her in marriage to an older man once she becomes a woman. Horrified by this notion, Niloofar does
Director: Sabine El Gemayel
Cast

Fatemeh Motamed-Arya

Shahab Hosseini

Roya Nownahali

Hengame Ghaziani

Amir Aghaei

Nayereh Farahani
Reza Masoudi
Mohammad