Released
Under the Skin of the City
February 4 2001 (over 23 years ago)Rating
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- Director: Rakhshan Banietemad
- Writers: Farid Mostafavi, Rakhshan Banietemad
- Genre: Drama
- Runtime: 1 h 32 m
- Country: Iran
- Company: Farabi Cinema
Tuba works daily at a grueling textile factory in Iran, returning home every night to deal with the rest of her problematic family, which includes: a pregnant daughter whose husband beats her regularly; a teenage son, who's been getting into trouble due to his burgeoning career in radical politics; and an older son who goes to great lengths--such as attempting to sell the family's meager house--in order to get an engineering job in Japan as a means of getting out of Iran.