Reading Lolita in Tehran

Sunday, January 12
Reading Lolita in Tehran
North American premier of the film adaptation of Azar Nafisi’s best-selling memoir, followed by a discussion and book signing.
By
National Museum of Asian Art
Date and time
Sunday, January 12, 2025 · 2 – 5pm EST
.
Doors at 1:30pm
Location
National Museum of Asian Art
1050 Independence Avenue Southwest Washington, DC 20004
About this event
Event lasts 3 hours
East Coast Premier!
Director Eran Riklis and actress Bahar Beihaghi in Person!
Trailer: https://tinyurl.com/LolitaTrailer
Based on Azar Nafisi’s best-selling memoir,
Reading Lolita in Tehran
stars Golshifteh Farahani (
About Elly
,
Paterson
) as a former professor at Tehran University who secretly gathers seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden classics of western literature. As fundamentalists cement their grip on Iranian cultural and political life, the women remove their veils, speak about their intimate hopes, loves and disappointments, their femininity and their search for a place in an increasingly oppressive society. By reading
Lolita
in Tehran, they celebrate the liberating power of literature in revolutionary Iran and forge their own futures.
Winner of the Audience Award and a Special Jury Prize for the female cast at the 2024 Rome Film Festival,
Reading Lolita in Tehran
also stars Zar Amir (
Holy Spider
) and Mina Kavani (
No Bears
).
This screening is made possible by the ILEX Foundation.
(Dir.: Eran Riklis, Italy2024, 108 min., DCP, English and Persian with English subtitles)