Flickering Myth: At first glance, animation appears to be an unorthodox route to exploring sexuality, hypocrisy, female oppression, and unsavory living conditions in Iran, but it’s actually a brilliant and bold move for multiple reasons. First and most importantly, Tehran Taboo is the filmmaking debut from writer and director Ali Soozandah, an Iranian turned German citizen adopting rotoscope animation (more on this stunning craftsmanship later) to circumvent the inability to depict an authentic environment; the country has very strict rules on what is allowed to be filmed there, so it’s essentially a double middle-finger to unfair censorship. That right there is already enough to check out a movie, but thankfully, this Iranian based, technically German-Austrian production, portrait of Tehran citizens fighting political and gender systems holds nothing back making for a scorching lambast on so many aspects wrong within the country, even though much of what is here is, by now, common knowledge unless somehow you avoid any and all foreign current events >>>