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Italy Celebrates International Women’s Day by Bowing Iranian-Israeli Thriller ‘Tatami’ Alongside Rerelease of Box Office Hit ‘There’s Still Tomorrow’
Italian distributors are celebrating Intl. Women's Day by bowing Iranian-Israeli Thriller 'Tatami' alongside a rerelease of 'There's Still Tomorrow.'
Italy’s BIM Distribuzione is bowing “Tatami” – which is co-helmed by Iranian actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi(“Holy Spider) and Israeli director Guy Nattiv – on 90 local movie screens on Friday as an International Women’s Day special preview at a discounted €3.50 ($3.80) ticket price. “Tatami” reconstructs the tale of a young judo champion named Leila, played by Arienne Mandi, who Iranian authorities wanted to force to withdraw from a competition in order to keep her from competing against an Israeli athlete. In Italy, the slaying late last year of 22-year-old university student Giulia Cecchettin, allegedly by her former boyfriend, has sparked outrage across the country where, on average, one woman is killed every three days, according to a report by the European Institute for Gender Equality.
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