Film raises veil on Iranian transsexuals
Posted on September 2, 2008
Filed Under 365Gay, News
(Venice) Organizers of the Venice Film Festival waited to announce “Khastegi (Tedium)” by first-time Iranian director Bahman Motamedian until the last minute to avoid alerting authorities to its sensitive subject: transsexuals in modern-day Iran.
The struggles of seven transsexuals depicted in the film are made more complicated by Iran’s strict gender …
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