Director: Pouran Derakhshandeh
Cast: Tannaz Tabatabaei, Merila Zare'i, Babak Hamidian
Hiss Dokhtarha Faryad Nemizanand is an Iranian drama film directed by Pouran Derakhshandeh, released in Iran during the Eid al-Fitr holiday of 1392 (2013). The title translates roughly as 'Shh, Girls Don't Scream' — a phrase that encapsulates the film's unflinching look at silence, complicity, and the lives of women pushed to the margins.
What is Hiss Dokhtarha Faryad Nemizanand about?
The film follows a group of women whose paths cross against the backdrop of an Iranian society that expects them to stay quiet and compliant. When one woman's silence reaches its breaking point, the ripple effects touch everyone around her — family members, bystanders, and those who have long turned away. Derakhshandeh builds her story slowly, allowing the weight of unspoken pain to accumulate before it demands to be heard. The narrative avoids easy answers, instead presenting a series of intersecting lives where dignity is negotiated, lost, and sometimes recovered in small but meaningful ways.
Cast & crew
Pouran Derakhshandeh is one of Iran's most respected filmmakers, known for socially engaged dramas that center women's experiences with honesty and restraint. The cast includes Tannaz Tabatabaei and Merila Zare'i, two of Iranian cinema's most versatile and critically admired actresses, alongside Babak Hamidian, who brings quiet complexity to his supporting role.
Context & significance
For diaspora viewers, this film speaks directly to experiences many Iranian families carry across borders — the expectation that women absorb hardship without complaint, that silence is a form of dignity rather than a wound. Derakhshandeh has spent decades making films that give Iranian women a full, complicated inner life on screen, and this title sits firmly in that tradition. Released during Nowruz season, it reached audiences at a moment of cultural gathering, making its social critique both timely and personal. Watching it from abroad, you may find that distance sharpens rather than dulls its emotional clarity.
Where & how to watch
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