Inversion (film)

{{short description|2016 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox film | name = Inversion | image = Inversion (film).png | caption = Film poster | director = [[Behnam Behzadi]] | producer = | writer = Behnam Behzadi | starring = [[Ali Mossafa]] [[Sahar Dolatshahi]] Setareh Hosseini [[Setareh Pesyani]] [[Shirin Yazdanbakhsh]] Roya Javidnia | cinematography = | editing = | music = Sahar Sakhaei | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2016|5|18|[[2016 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]|df=yes}} | runtime = 84 minutes | country = Iran | language = Persian }}

'''''Inversion''''' ({{langx|fa|وارونگی}}) is a 2016 Iranian film directed by [[Behnam Behzadi]]. It was screened in the [[Un Certain Regard]] section at the [[2016 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="IW">{{cite web |url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/cannes-live-stream-2016-film-festival-lineup-list |title=2016 Cannes Film Festival Announces Lineup |access-date=14 April 2016 |work=IndieWire|date=14 April 2016 }}</ref><ref name="VarCannes">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/cannes-film-festival-official-selection-lineup-2016-1201753269/ |title=Cannes 2016: Film Festival Unveils Official Selection Lineup |access-date=14 April 2016 |work=Variety|date=14 April 2016 }}</ref>

== Plot == At 35, Niloofar lives with her mother in Tehran. Because of heavy air pollution, her family decides to move her to the countryside without asking her. After a lifetime of obeying others, she finally chooses to resist and stand up for herself.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Julien Gester|date=18 May 2018|language=fr|title=Un vent de liberté : Exil et vexations|url=http://next.liberation.fr/cinema/2016/05/18/un-vent-de-liberte-exil-et-vexations_1453555|website=next.liberation.fr/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Serge Kaganski|date=14 July 2017|language=fr|title=Une Iranienne veut affirmer ses choix. Un film d’une grande finesse, avec des acteurs remarquables.|url=http://www.lesinrocks.com/cinema/films-a-l-affiche/un-vent-de-liberte/|website=www.lesinrocks.com}}</ref>

== Historical background ==

In November 2016, air pollution in Tehran was so bad that the authorities ordered schools to close and the most sensitive populations, such as children and the elderly, to stay at home. The film refers to the orders issued by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who, in response to the international sanctions imposed on Iran's nuclear program, ordered refineries to produce low-quality gasoline, in defiance of environmental standards.<ref>{{cite web|date=18 July 2017|language=fr|title=Un vent de liberté : Téhéran, la ville où les femmes peinent à respirer|url=https://www.courrierinternational.com/article/vu-diran-un-vent-de-liberte-teheran-la-ville-ou-les-femmes-peinent-respirer|website=www.courrierinternational.com}}</ref> These measures led to the deadly smog that hit the country a few years later.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Saeed Kamali Dehghan|date=15 November 2016|language=en|title=Tehran shuts schools as thick smog is linked to hundreds of deaths|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/15/tehran-shuts-schools-thick-smog-kills-hundreds-people-iran|website=www.theguardian.com}}</ref>

Director Behnam Behzadi uses the metaphor of unbreathable air to paint the portrait of a woman in struggle, in the midst of conquering her own space of freedom.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Corinne Renou-Nativel|date=18 July 2017|language=fr|title=Un vent de liberté : une vie pour Niloofar|url=http://www.la-croix.com/Culture/Cinema/vent-liberte-vie-Niloofar-2017-07-18-1200863747|website=www.la-croix.com}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|5695764|Inversion}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Inversion}} [[Category:2016 films]] [[Category:Iranian drama films]] [[Category:2016 Persian-language films]] [[Category:2016 drama films]] [[Category:Persian-language drama films]] [[Category:2016 Iranian films]]