
Release date:August 26, 2011
(limited)
Studio:Roadside Attractions
Director:Maryam Keshavarz
MPAA Rating:R (for sexual content, language and some drug use)
Screenwriter:Maryam Keshavarz
Starring:Nikohl Boosheri, Sarah Kazemy, Reza Sixo Safai, Soheil Parsa, Nasrin Pakkho, Sina Amedson, Keon Mohajeri
Genre:Drama
Official website:TakePart.com/Circumstance
Plot Summary:
Set in contemporary Iran in the unseen world of Iranian youth culture, filled with underground parties, sex, drugs and defiance, "Circumstance" is the story of two vivacious young girls -- wealthy Atafeh and orphaned Shireen -- discovering their burgeoning sexuality and, like 16 year-old girls anywhere, struggling with their desires and the boundaries placed upon them by the world they were born into.