Offside
Released: 2006
Comedy, Drama
Since women are banned from soccer matches, Iranian females masquerade as males so they can slip into Tehran's stadium to see the game between Iran and Bahrain. The ones who are caught and arrested are taken to a holding area and guarded by soldiers. One sympathetic soldier agrees to watch the game through a peephole and recount the action to the impatient fans.
Starring: Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ayda Sadeqi, Golnaz Farmani, Mahnaz Zabihi, Nazanin Sediq-zadeh
Directed by: Jafar Panahi
Written by: Jafar Panahi, Shadmehr Rastin
Language: Persian
Scenes
A group of teenage girls disguise themselves as boys to get into a football (soccer) stadium where women are not allowed. They are caught and detained in a fenced off area, and one of them urgently needs to pee. After several minutes of desperation a soldier responds to her pleading, and takes her into a men's toilet room with a poster hiding her face. The soldier has to fight off many men who are trying to enter while the girl is in there. No peeing is shown.
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Alternate Titles
آفساید
Offside
Offside - Frauen im Abseits