The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
During the 2006 World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Bahrain, numerous young women are caught and rounded up for dressing as men so they could gain access to the game. Guarded by several soldiers in a holding pen, the women attempt to keep updated on the score.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic85/100
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
142 audience votes
Key crew
- Jafar PanahiWriter
- Jafar PanahiDirector
- Shadmehr RastinWriter
- Yuval BarazaniOriginal Music Composer
- Korosh BozorgpourOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sima Mobarak-ShahiFirst Girl
- Shayesteh IraniSmoking Girl
- Ayda SadeqiSoccer Girl
- Golnaz FarmaniGirl with Tchador
- Mahnaz ZabihiGirl Disguised as Soldier
- Nazanin Sediq-zadehYoung Girl
- Safar SamandarAzari Soldier
- M. KheyrabadiMashadi soldier
- M. Kheymeg KaboodTehrani Soldier
- Mohsen TanabandehTicket Seller
- Reza FarhadiOld Man
- M. R. GharadaghiBoy with Firecrackers
Stills
Themes
teheran (tehran), iranfootball (soccer) matchwomen and society