Offside (2006)
Original title: آفساید
Offside is a 2006 Persian-language comedy movie directed by Jafar Panahi, with a running time of 1h 33m. It stars Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Shayesteh Irani and Ayda Sadeqi.
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.
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Cast
- Sima Mobarak-Shahi as First Girl
- Shayesteh Irani as Smoking Girl
- Ayda Sadeqi as Soccer Girl
- Golnaz Farmani as Girl with Tchador
- Mahnaz Zabihi as Girl Disguised as Soldier
- Nazanin Sediq-zadeh as Young Girl
- Safar Samandar as Azari Soldier
- M. Kheyrabadi as Mashadi soldier
- M. Kheymeg Kabood as Tehrani Soldier
- Mohsen Tanabandeh as Ticket Seller
- Reza Farhadi as Old Man
- M. R. Gharadaghi as Boy with Firecrackers