Offside (2006)
Directed by Jafar Panahi
During the 2006 World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Bahrain, numerous young women are caught and rounded up for dressing as men so they could gain access to the game. Guarded by several soldiers in a holding pen, the women attempt to keep updated on the score.
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What critics compared Offside to
He is the Iranian director whose works include “The White Balloon” (1995), “The Circle” (2000), and “Offside” (2006).
It Was Just an Accident is his best film since Offside, maybe his best film, period.
Panahi is no longer the filmmaker he once was, transforming from understated humanist (in films “The White Balloon” and “Offside”)…
…and particularly “Offside” (2006) — which depicted women trying to sneak into a soccer match, and which Panahi filmed partly in secret at an actual World Cup qualifying match.
Almost 20 years after Offside (2006), Jafar Panahi returns to conventional, narrative filmmaking.
…following 2006’s “Offside” until now he only made docudramas, injecting himself into the narratives.