Iranian woman can't learn to drive without her husband | "Driving Lessons" - by Marziyeh Riahi

According to the laws of Iran, Bahareh must have her traditional, chauvinistic husband accompany her to driving lessons so she and her instructor will not be alone.
This short film won the following awards:
- Grand Prix / International Shortfilm Festival Landau - La.Meko, 2021
- Barran Award / Karama Yemen Human Rights Film Festival, 2021
- Best Short Narrative award / 21st edition of Through Women's Eyes International Film Festival, 2020
- Special Jury Award / 13th Film Festival for Women's Rights, 2020
- Best Narrative award / 42nd Big Muddy Film Festival, 2020
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Original title - Class Ranandegi (Driving Lessons)
Director - Marziyeh Riahi
Writer - Marziyeh Riahi
Producers - Marziyeh Riahi, Babak Rezaei
With - Linda Kiani, Alireza Sanifar, Salar Khamseh, Sanaz Mesbah
Year - 2019
© Licensed by Premium Films
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[@ajdenzer3039]

That slight smile makes the entire video worth watching.

[@asbeautifulasasunset]

Thank you for this film. It is fantastic. The ending is wonderful! I hope Iranian women and men can gain their freedom and keep it for future generations.

[@julsallover8873]

the face of the woman is everything

[@RPRosen-ki2fk]

WOMEN ... LIFE ... FREEDOM! Stand brave and fight for your future, my support and respect to the Iranian people.

[@RPRosen-ki2fk]

I LOVED this film, the ending was EVERYTHING. Congratulations to the whole team that made this, WELL DONE.

[@aligarthamk234]

Inshallah!🎉

[@travelingjohn69]

I don't want this leading to feminism.

[@Agontuk_0.00]

Don't want to be naked.😒

[@voulafisentzidis8830]

I'm sorry for women who live under such regimes.

[@realalimadani]

As an Iranian man I say, not all Iranian men no longer are like this, especially the young generation. We respect our wemon more than before. #womanlifefreedom

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

Good also I think the same

[@sakshamgarg3489]

merry to hear that. no disrespect but a question isn't it unfair and derogatory for their being such laws in the first place that leaves a woman's treatment on a man's discretion?

[@realalimadani]

@@sakshamgarg3489 yes that's too outrageous. it's the government which made these rules. We're trying to stop them. Because it's not all about the wemon. It's about our economy, politics, human rights, etc. Situation.

[@VishalSharma-qr9li]

Ohhhhh really! What about the hijab issue?

[@realalimadani]

@@VishalSharma-qr9li It's the goverment who force wemon to wear Hijab. Most of the men don't have problem with Hijab. I'm living in Iran and telling you what I see on the streets everyday. It's not the men who force wemon to wear Hijab. It's the government who do it.

[@MusikschuleClavina]

fantastic ending !!!👌

[@yourbestself2584]

Loved it!🥰

[@user-jo6ke9hw1x]

Another good one

[@Alex.Russia]

Amazing)

[@syedaminagha2555]

When woman is your mother,daughter , sister or wife she is the owner of your whole life...❤❤❤ respect women..

[@saeedshahidi2733]

Excellent❤

[@fraidoonw]

حیلی زیبا بود! جهانی سپاس!

[@asrytube]

Nice short film.

[@hildahemelians6529]

Very nice👏👏👏

[@Петрович-из-Ростова]

Иранское кино это что-то особенного.😏

[@elisa5441]

I had to laugh, they play it very well. Im dutch so totaly different over here.

[@lildavisofficial]

yeah this is what done western countries to our country by supporting islamic republic

[@par1e-ss3dl]

Women life freedom

[@MortusVanDerHell]

Thank you for this video. It makes you furious when you see this narrow-minded, indescribably arrogant idiocy and actually helps better to want to change the circumstances than any pressure on drama and tear glands. O.o

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

I'm a man and I practiced driving with my mother in law !! Hopefully the same will be possible in Iran soon , when will sexism end ?

[@brentaustinatherley]

@11:07 girl same hahaha.

[@andrewtestin9080]

Very fun

[@thetooginator153]

Does anyone know if this was filmed in Iran?

[@terrifictemple8081]

Ya it was its obvious

[@ciprianpopa1503]

@@terrifictemple8081 it's obvious from what?

[@terrifictemple8081]

@@ciprianpopa1503 bro the streets

[@ciprianpopa1503]

@@terrifictemple8081 don't think the streets are specific for Iran. Probably the licencing plate @4:14 is the proof.

[@terrifictemple8081]

@@ciprianpopa1503 Iranian numerals 😂

[@dineshmohanlal5697]

This video should have instead had Iran's morality policeman in the rear passenger seat as the compulsory male companion/attendant to the female learner driver😂

[@swimlaps1]

A co-worker (26) in pharmacy sales- Los Angeles was born in Iran. Her parents would not let her date any Iranian born (or not born) males! Seen the Persian male behavior, met 3-4 in CA.

[@ciaronsmith4995]

The Persian community in LA is unbelievably successful. Those guys all live in Beverly Hills. They usually date each other because they consider themselves....better. So that's a huge exception. Not common. As common as a European not allowing their daughter to date another European because of WW2.

[@swimlaps1]

Yes. She & her parents are from Iran and do not like the controlling or demeaning behavior of some towards women, no matter success. It's in the culture/Islam.

[@ciaronsmith4995]

Total nonsense. Very odd behavior that is absolutely not in the culture. Iranians are the least religious people in the world right now. Persians in LA are notorious for that actually. Even in Iran - the Iranian government is not the Iranian people. Don't spread nonsense because you met 1 weirdo! Thanks! Most Persians tell their kids to marry Persian. I grew up next to Persians in Los Angeles. I actually know. You don't.@@swimlaps1

[@natasa373]

Очень понравилось ! 🤗

[@medwayhospitalprotest]

Я тоже.

[@mattcantstop]

It breaks my heart to think that if my wife and daughters (any women I know) were born in Iran they would have their potential stunted like this. They are required to be a shell of themselves in order to accomodate insecure and ignorant men who are in charge. It's a tragedy. Sadly, large changes like those that are needed in Iran almost never come through peaceful means. There sadly will need to be martyrs in order for things to change. The religious right in the United States would love to enact arcane laws that move us backwards here too. We must resist any authoritarian, religiously led attempts at power grabs. For some reason the religions always end up trying to control people's morals and, strangely, the flow of money through the system. I loved the symbolism at the end of the video.

[@commonsense2350]

Come to Iran matt and bring your wife and daughters too. We need martyrs like you. Come and help you sanctimonious prikkk

[@ciaronsmith4995]

This isn't true. Iranians are not religious these days. At all. This movie is a gross exaggeration. Chill. Persian girls are not going to date you either with that hairline. They prefer rich Persian men first.

[@Zarghaam12]

Huh! There are plenty of female driving instructors!

[@Germanbeer1945]

There is a same law in Spain 😊😊😊

[@Valentina-qb4vq]

They were trying to create an image of this submissive Iranian woman, that’s just laughable, I seriously doubt Iranian women are that quiet.

[@MaximumAlex]

有着灿烂历史的波斯人，本应该更好一些吧！就像现在的中国一样，体制的牵制使得这个国家少了很大一部分上升空间。

[@Valentina-qb4vq]

Here is my theory on this story: the woman turned the two men in the car insane by being a mute, not uttering a word. So the men charged at each other and the woman drove off and should have been taken by police right away, possibly then taken to a mental institution for treatment. 😂😂😂 Is this how Iranians plan to liberate their women, with movies like this ? I am seriously curious.

[@omidjavan99]

به قدری ااعصابم خورد شد که فکر نمیکنم هیچوقت بتونم تا نتها ببینم

[@nuzhatfatima6822]

Appropriate lesson given

[@mk6022]

0:03 excuse me? What??!!

[@yektazand7881]

Yeah(((((: it’s true

[@sarkalakoma2228]

awsone. I have such husband I´ll will kick him from car and a drive way. verry nicely end I would do it a same loll

[@Rikimaru0011]

Probably mrs.shakiba like all the other Iranian women prefer to use a banana...

[@decioemiliano]

And this kind of men are created and raised by those women😆

[@marinakarpitsky2460]

Not necessarily; if the women are always under strict supervision of the men. How can you blame the women for raising them? If the men are in charge, then the men are to be held most accountable.

[@sayyadraasth5939]

عالي خیلی دوستش داشتم It never looks it was filmed purpose but really somebody hide camera shouted

[@Literallyarealhuman]

The instructor is pretty creepy anyway. The whole things needs to change if we change the law of husband being present then we must change the social behavior towards unaccompanied women too.

[@jrtstrategicapital560]

Whoa 😮 I’m shocked women in Iran put up with being so submissive.

[@ciaronsmith4995]

This isn't even true! Iranians are not religious.

[@Valentina-qb4vq]

This movie is not about religion, it’s about their rules. Why do they have the rules, because of religion ? No, because of their culture that allowed that to happen. Religion is just an excuse. Many countries with Muslim populations in the world, and they don’t have these rules, only Iran does. The woman drives without a license, with someone else’s car, without permission, this is illegal in any country. It was so frustrating seeing this woman being a mute the entire movie, not making a sound. Iranians are extremely weird, trying to show the Iranian woman as submissive in that manner. Women in Iran are not mute, I am pretty sure of that. Their religious police is even made up by women. I am seriously fed up with all this crying for the women of Iran everywhere and claiming that this is not Iranian culture. It’s so boring at this point, not just illogical.

[@cthompson5195]

And then she’s jailed for life.