When a female filmmaker decides to make a movie in which men are subjected to the same restrictions imposed on women in Iran, her male actors suddenly find themselves wearing skirts and headscarves, confronting the absurdity of a system they have never been forced to navigate themselves. What begins as a film production quickly becomes a battle over control, identity, and who gets to decide how another person is allowed to exist.
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