Simin, Resident of a Wandering Island

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 58 min
  • Premiere: 2013. March 30.

Simin Daneshvar was an Iranian pioneering novelist who lived nearly for a century and under 3 different political regimes. She and her husband, (Jalal Al Ahamd) have been regarded as "Iranian Simone de Beauvoir, and Jean-Paul Sartre". But they had a very different fate. Simin's life is a mirror of what has happened to Iranian women throughout a century, from unveiling the hijab and playing important roles in society to imposing hijab and staying at home in the Islamic regime. This film looks at her life through the history of women's movement in Iran.

Discover

Simin Daneshvar

Herself (Archive Footage)

Abbas Milani

Himself

Esmail Khoi

Himself

Crew

Reza Serkanian

Cinematography

David Wilkins

Cinematography

Directing

Hassan Solhjou

Director

Editing

Production

Hassan Solhjou

Producer

Crew

Reza Serkanian

Cinematography

David Wilkins

Cinematography

Directing

Hassan Solhjou

Director

Editing

Production

Hassan Solhjou

Producer