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| | Two Women (1998): Niki Karimi, Marila Zare'i, Atila Pesyani - PopMatters Film Review |
 | | While Fereshteh is an obvious allegorical figure representing her particular generation of women, she is also defiantly flesh, blood, and intoxicated intellect, dazzling herself with her capacity to read, to think, and to feel. |
 | | In Two Women, she proposes that she and her friend Roya (Marila Zare'i) form a society of defiant "Apaches" who will shout, learn karate, build up their bodies, and generally shock anyone who expects submissive behavior from women. |
 | | Milani's films remind Western audiences that most women (and men) in the rest of the world face the tragedy of little or no choice, in which the most one can hope for, especially if one is a woman, is physical survival, and a fragile hope for the next generation. |
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