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While on the bus, she is attempting be extremely inconspicuous because post-Islamic Revolution Iranian policy does not allow for women to attend soccer matches. This statute is based on the grounds of women not being fit to observe the rowdy behavior, profane language, and informal attire exhibited by men at these events. Presumably, this somehow violates Islamic law (Saberi “Iran Bans Women”). After arriving at the stadium, she buys a ticket from someone selling an assortment of items outside the venue. Discrimination is immediately evident when she has to pay for an 8000 tomans ticket and 1000 tomans poster directly after she sees a man buy only a ticket for just 5000 tomans. Her disguise is then snuffed out by a soldier soon after she passes the gates and enters the stadium. One could tell she is extremely frustrated and does not truly know why she cannot attend the game as she adamantly says to soldier, “what difference will it make? No one’ll know” (Panahi
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At the beginning of the film, there is a elderly father headed to the match in order to find his daughter at the event. He eventually makes his way to the place where the girls are detained in hopes of gaining information on his daughter’s whereabouts. One of the girls, Akram, detained knows his daughter and she immediately takes the hat and Iranian flag off her head and puts on her veil when he arrives. She is clearly extra considerate of how she presents herself to the older man by attempting to dress in a more traditional way. When Akram tells the father that his daughter is inside the stadium, he attempts to slap her, but the young male soldier prevents him from doing so. The father exclaims “[Akram] needs slapping!” As the leading soldier keeps his hands off her, he asserts, “you don’t hit a woman!” (Panahi). Ironically, the young soldiers who are in an authoritative position over the girls view them as equals more so than an everyday citizen like the elderly father. Panahi implicitly expresses how the younger generation has a much more progressive and equitable outlook on gender dynamics in which encourages inclusion instead of a more traditional outlook that encourages exclusion and
At the beginning of the film, there is a elderly father headed to the match in order to find his daughter at the event. He eventually makes his way to the place where the girls are detained in hopes of gaining information on his daughter’s whereabouts. One of the girls, Akram, detained knows his daughter and she immediately takes the hat and Iranian flag off her head and puts on her veil when he arrives. She is clearly extra considerate of how she presents herself to the older man by attempting to dress in a more traditional way. When Akram tells the father that his daughter is inside the stadium, he attempts to slap her, but the young male soldier prevents him from doing so. The father exclaims “[Akram] needs slapping!” As the leading soldier keeps his hands off her, he asserts, “you don’t hit a woman!” (Panahi). Ironically, the young soldiers who are in an authoritative position over the girls view them as equals more so than an everyday citizen like the elderly father. Panahi implicitly expresses how the younger generation has a much more progressive and equitable outlook on gender dynamics in which encourages inclusion instead of a more traditional outlook that encourages exclusion and