Tehran, October, 2000. One year ago, Morvarid lived as a man. Since her operation, she lives her femininity shielded from glances, between the four walls of her apartment. For the first time, she is covered with a chador and gets ready to go out as a woman: we are to follow her metamorphosis. How, in a country as Iran, can one have the will to be a woman?
Morvarid
Tehran, October, 2000. One year ago, Morvarid lived as a man. Since her operation, she lives her femininity shielded from glances, between the four walls of her apartment. For the first time, she is covered with a chador and gets ready to go out as a woman: we are to follow her metamorphosis. How, in a country as Iran, can one have the will to be a woman?
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