SCREENING SUNDAY, AUGUST 21
About the Film
Three Iranian women from different backgrounds intersect in this powerful social drama from Iranian writer/director Reza Dormishian.
Golbahar, a sixteen-year-old homeless girl, is forced to have a baby for a wealthy factory owner. After a month, Golbahar is threatened if she does not get pregnant soon. Following a medical test she learns that her tubes are tied, a procedure she has no recollection of ever undergoing. She encounters Sara, a human rights attorney who suspects Golbahar's situation is the result of an unofficial national plan to euthanize the homeless in Iran. Sara’s research leads her to Dr. Pandar, a physician who she believes may be responsible. For her part, Dr. Pandar is a dedicated and compassionate doctor whose support for her patients is evident.
No Choice is a compelling moral and legal thriller about three strong Iranian women who must navigate a society and legal system largely out of their control.