The Glass House
The Glass House
| 20 June 2009 (USA)
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The fringes of Iranian society can be a lonely place, especially if you are a teenage girl with few resources to fall back on. Finding Home follows four girls striving to pull themselves out of the margins by attending a one-of-kind rehabilitation center in uptown Tehran. Forget about the Iran that you've seen before. With a virtually invisible camera, the girls of Finding Home take us on a never-before-seen tour of the underclass of Iran with their brave and defiant stories: Samira struggles to overcome forced drug addiction; Mitra harnesses abandonment into her creative writing; Sussan teeters on a dangerous ledge after years of sexual abuse; and Nazila burgeons out of her hatred with her blazing rap music.

Reviews
LastingAware

The greatest movie ever!

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GazerRise

Fantastic!

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ChanFamous

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

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Sameer Callahan

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

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Pezh Maan

What an incredible effort! Your film stands alone and peerless in the pantheon of great 21st Century Iranian documentaries. Well done, my friend! Be assured of having produced a work of Art that will stand the test of time. And at what an opportune moment in modern Iranian History! I couldn't help but be moved beyond tears by the visual beauty of your piece and its intimacy with the characters. Again well done and a big thumbs up for your great lighting and camera work. Quite exceptional and masterful use of shadow ( eg when the mother of Nazali doesn't want to be filmed). And a final word about the sound design: brilliant crafted and great Iranian rap keeping it MG real homie!

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