Director Nahid Persson follows the lives of two Iranian women whose misfortunes have landed them in the same run-down building. Their husbands are serving long prison sentences, both have been left to look after their young children and both have had to resort to prostitution to support their heroin habits.
Persson's sympathetic portrait follows them as they struggle to create a better life for themselves and their children.
Prostitution Behind the Veil
Storyville · Season 13 · Episode 5
Director Nahid Persson follows the lives of two Iranian women whose misfortunes have landed them in the same run-down building. Their husbands are serving long prison sentences, both have been left to look after their young children and both have had to resort to prostitution to support their heroin habits.
Persson's sympathetic portrait follows them as they struggle to create a better life for themselves and their children.
Persson's sympathetic portrait follows them as they struggle to create a better life for themselves and their children.
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Season
13
Episode
5
Air Date
14/Feb/2009
Air Time
22:00
Runtime
50 min
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