Forms of Charity: Gender and Generosity in Vahid Jalilvand's Wednesday, May 9

Iranian filmmakers are renowned for their canny ability to circumvent the country's tight restrictions on cinematic representation, particularly when it comes to critiquing the incumbent government and depicting women. While Wednesday, May 9 may outwardly eschew any political statement-making, David Crewe contends that it nevertheless contains significant commentary regarding the repressive culture of contemporary Iran.

Additional keywords: Asian cinema, patriarchy, paternalism, censorship.