Reading Lolita in Tehran (2024)

Drama

As Islamic morality squads stage arbitrary raids in Tehran and as fundamentalists seize hold of the universities, Azar Nafisi, an inspired teacher, secretly gathers six of her most committed female students to read forbidden western classics. Unaccustomed to being asked to speak their minds, they soon removed their veils, their stories intertwining with the novels they read: just like the heroines of Nabokov, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James or Jane Austen, the women in Nafisi’s living room dare to dream, hope and love as we experience the complexity of the lives of individuals facing political, moral and personal siege.

Cast

Azar Nafisi
Golshifteh Farahani
Sanaz
Zar Amir Ebrahimi
Bahri
Reza Diako
Nima
Ash Goldeh
Niyazi
Sina Parvaneh
Rita
R Rita Jahan Foruz
Arash
Abbas Fasaei
Ghomi
Hamid Karimi
Farzan
Zanyar Mohammadi
Nassrin
Mina Kavani
Mahshid
Bahar Beihaghi
Yassi
Isabella Nefar
Manna
Raha Rahbari
Azin
Lara Wolf
Magician
Shahbaz Noshir
Bijan Nafisi
Arash Marandi
Mahtab
Catayoune Ahmadi

Crew

Director
Eran Riklis
Novel
A Azar Nafisi
Producer
M Marica Stocchi
Producer
M Michael Sharfshtein
Producer
M Moshe Edery
Producer
S Santo Versace
Producer
G Gianluca Curti
Producer
Eran Riklis
Writer
M Marjorie David
Casting
M Michal Koren
Casting
Eran Riklis
Line Producer
J Jacopo Cino
Executive Producer
S Sharon Harel-Cohen
Executive Producer
M Maya Amsellem
Executive Producer
J Jael Unger
Executive Producer
R Rami Ungar
Executive Producer
I Ishay Mor
Executive Producer
S Shaul Scherzer
Executive Producer
M Marcello Mustilli
Executive Producer
Dana Lustig
Executive Producer
M Marjorie David
Sound Recordist
G Gianluca Costamagna
Sound Designer
A Aviv Aldema
Sound Designer
N Nin Hazan
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
N Nadia Paone
Costume Designer
M Mary Montalto
Production Design
T Tonino Zera
Original Music Composer
Y Yonatan Riklis
Director of Photography
Hélène Louvart
Editor
A Arik Lahav-Leibovich