Reading Lolita in Tehran
2026RELEASE DATE: July 17, 2026
| Greenwich Entertainment | Release Date: July 17, 2026 |
Summary:
In revolutionary Iran, as fundamentalists tighten their grip on society, a professor secretly gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to read and discuss forbidden classics of Western literature, including Lolita and Pride and Prejudice. Based on the bestselling memoir by Azar Nafisi.
Genre(s):
Biography, Drama
Runtime:
107 min
RogerEbert.com
Jul 10, 2026
Jul 9, 2026
The most interesting aspect of this somewhat on-the-nose page-to-screen translation may be extra-textual: It is, unusually, an Israeli-Italian co-production set in Tehran, by a director, Eran Riklis, whose previous films (“Cup Final,” “Lemon Tree”) have brought the same world-weary optimism to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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