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Între revoluții

Between Revolutions
Still from the film "Între revoluții" by Vlad Petri. Two rows of women in pink outfits are kneeling next to each other, their left arms extended forwards. There is a blonde woman with a light hat in the centre of the image.
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Sat 25.02.
17:00

  • Director

    Vlad Petri

  • Romania, Croatia, Qatar, Iran / 2023
    68 min. / Original version with English subtitles

  • Original language

    Romanian, Farsi

  • Cinema

    Delphi Filmpalast

    zu den Ticketszu dem Kalender

In the 1970s, an Iranian student named Zahra meets a fellow student called Maria at university in Bucharest. They are both pursuing a degree in medicine and develop a deep friendship and admiration for each other. When the revolution against the Shah breaks out in 1979, Zahra goes back to Iran, moved by the hope of political transformation, although disappointments are quick to follow. Zahra never ends up returning to Romania. Over the next decades, Zahra and Maria exchange letters about protests, the general upheaval in both countries, the oppression of women and how it affects them; Romania is not to remain untouched by revolution either. Separated by the revolutions, their correspondence depicts two women struggling to conform to societal stereotypes and grappling with their profound feelings for each other, which seem to stretch beyond simple friendship. In his film, Vlad Petri draws entirely on incredible, stunningly edited archival footage from Iran and Romania to tell the story of these two women in such a way that the lines between documentary and fiction blur. In such testing times, doesn’t such a bond almost seem too good to be true? (Jacqueline Nsiah)

Funded by:

  • Logo Minister of State for Culture and the Media