Sundance Award Winner ‘Circumstance’ Trailer And Poster
Two beautiful Iranian lesbians fight for their freedom against an oppressive nation inMaryam Keshavarz’s debut featureCircumstance. The winner of the Narrative Audience Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival,Circumstancewas picked up byRoadside Attractions and set forlimited release on August 19. After seeing it this past January, we’ve been championingthis beautiful, sensual and frightening filmand, now, it can speak for itself. A brand new trailer and poster have been released. Check them out after the break.
Check out the full trailer inHD on Apple, but here’s an embed.
Here’s the poster:
And here’s the official plot description:
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.
What’s so lovely, and disturbing, aboutCircumstanceis that it’s a decidedly modern story. When North Americans regularly complain that we don’t have cell phone service or our DVR didn’t tape our favorite show, it’s kind of hard to process that there are still places in the world that don’t allow women to live their own lives. So to see that, while falling in love with these characters, makes it a rewarding and gut-wrenching experience. The film is also incredibly sexy, well shot, acted and directed. After you watchCircumstance, you’ll be amazed to know most of the people in the film are newcomers.
What do you think of this trailer? Are you going to see this one out when it hits theaters in late August, early September?
