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The earliest complete surviving feature film directed by an Iranian woman, Marva Nabili’s The Sealed Soil chronicles a young woman’s resistance to her forced marriage, a rebellion quickly misinterpret...

It's a great, though admittedly demanding, movie that draws us into a character's mindset simply by showing us what their life is like.

It's a great, though admittedly demanding, movie that draws us into a character's mindset simply by showing us what their life is like.

The Restoration of Marva Nabili’s 'The Sealed Soil' Unearths a Gem of Women-Centric Cinema in Iran | Vague Visages

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An interview with the director of the earliest extant film directed by a woman from Iran.

In The Sealed Soil (1977), a young woman’s disappointment with the lack of autonomy in her life is seen as an act against god. Marva Nabili’s film follows Roo-Bekheir, an 18-year-old living in a poor ...