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Be Like Others is a iranien film of genre Documentary

Be Like Others (2008)

Be Like Others
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Length 1h14
OriginIran
Rating73% 3.6586153.6586153.6586153.6586153.658615

Be Like Others (also known as Transsexual in Iran) is a 2008 documentary film written and directed by Tanaz Eshaghian about transsexuals in Iran. It explores issues of gender and sexual identity while following the personal stories of some of the patients at a Tehran gender reassignment clinic. The film played at the Sundance Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival, winning three awards.
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