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TATBIQ

Title: تطبیق
Roman transliteration of title: Tatbiq
English translation of title: Adjustment
Year of release: 2022
Director: Mehrdad Hasani
Country of Production: Iran
Principal Boy Actor: Moeid Asoudeh plays Shahrokh.
Genre: Drama, Short
Length: 16 minutes
Language: Persian
Availability: At time of writing, this short is available to view at the Dekkoo website. (A subscription is required, but it seems that this can be cancelled within three days without incurring the first full charge.)

Synopsis
A nine year old effeminate boy is rejected by his father and his schoolmates for his gender non-conformity, but finds an ally in a female schoolfriend, and a grudging acceptance from his schoolteacher.

Further information
Watch the trailer for the film on Dekkoo here.

Selected production photos

Moeid Asoudeh with Mansour Nasiri, who plays the schoolteacher


Screenshots