The Circle
Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.
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Cast
14 people
Nargess Mamizadeh
Nargess
No other roles listed
Maryiam Palvin Almani
Arezou
No other roles listed
Mojgan Faramarzi
Mojgan - Prostitute
No other roles listed
Elham Saboktakin
Elham - Nurse
No other roles listed
Monir Arab
Monir - Ticket Seller
No other roles listed
Maede Tahmasbi
Maedeh
Known for
The Lizard
Maryam Shayegan
Parveneh
No other roles listed
Fereshteh Sadr Orafaee
Pari
Known for
A Hero
The White Balloon
Solmaz Panahi
Solmaz
Also in
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
Shirin
Fatemeh Naghavi
Nayer
Also in
Lantouri
Paradise
Ataollah Moghadas
Haji
No other roles listed
Abbas Alizadeh
Father of Pari
No other roles listed
Jafar Panahi Director · Kambuzia Partovi Writer Bahram Badakshani Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $756K · Budget $10K · United States release April 13, 2001
Box office
Budget
$10,000
Worldwide gross
$756,035
Gross vs. budget
75.6×
Production
Jafar Panahi Productions
Production
Mikado Film
Production
Lumière & Co.
Production
Jafar Panahi Film Productions
Production
Iran · Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
دایره
Original language
Persian
Spoken on screen
Persian
Release dates
Italy · September 7, 2000
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United States · April 13, 2001
Limited theatrical
United States · December 11, 2001
Physical · DVD
United States
September 27, 2000 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
March 1, 2001 · Premiere · International Film Series
Argentina
May 17, 2001 · Theatrical
Australia
June 9, 2001 · Premiere · Sydney Film Festival
July 25, 2001 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
March 7, 2002 · Theatrical
Canada
September 12, 2000 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Colombia
January 11, 2002 · Theatrical
Czechia
July 8, 2001 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Denmark
June 1, 2001 · Theatrical
France
January 31, 2001 · Theatrical
Germany
September 12, 2001 · Theatrical
Greece
November 11, 2000 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
December 29, 2000 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
April 10, 2001 · Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festival
Hungary
October 6, 2001 · Premiere · Titanic International Filmpresence Festival
April 11, 2002 · Theatrical
Indonesia
November 8, 2001 · Premiere · Jakarta International Film Festival
Italy
September 9, 2000 · Theatrical
Japan
December 16, 2000 · Premiere · Tokyo FILMeX (December 16 - December 24)
Malaysia
August 23, 2001 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 25, 2001 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam
February 21, 2001 · Theatrical
Norway
February 2, 2001 · Theatrical
Peru
November 15, 2001 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 6, 2000 · Premiere · Pusan International Film Festival (October 6 – October 14)
March 16, 2002 · Theatrical
Spain
June 22, 2001 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 27, 2001 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
November 30, 2001 · Theatrical
Switzerland
April 12, 2001 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 14, 2001 · Premiere · Edinburgh International Film Festival
September 21, 2001 · Theatrical
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