I Am Nasrine
2012 British film
- James Richard Baillie
- Tina Gharavi
- Micsha Sadeghi
- Shiraz Haq
- Christian Coulson
- Lesley Walker
- Lucia Zucchetti
- Kamal Kamruddin
- Benjamin McAvoy
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Release dates
- 27 February 2012 (2012-02-27) (UK)
- 1 June 2012 (2012-06-01) (Brooklyn Film Festival)
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- Persian
- English
I Am Nasrine (Persian: من نسرین هستم) is a 2012 British-Iranian drama film written and directed by Tina Gharavi.[2][unreliable source] The film was nominated at the 66th British Academy Film Awards for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.[3]
Story
A middle class Iranian woman, 16-year-old Nasrine, is arrested by the Iranian police, for riding on the back of a boy's motorcycle. She is sexually assaulted in prison. She flees to the UK with her older brother Ali, and moves into a Newcastle council estate. The film touches on aspects of racism and treatment of refugees in the UK.
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External links
- Official website
- I Am Nasrine at IMDb
- I Am Nasrine at Rotten Tomatoes
- I Am Nasrine on Facebook
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