The dramatic events lead this movie to much more excitement that follows a rich Iranian family, which tries to control the life of its children, so this film depicts the daughter, who falls in love with another girl and they decide together to try everything like sex drugs and drinking, and it also depicts the life of son, who recovers from drugs and returns to the obsession of classical music.
About a sexy, frank and politically contentious Iranian film, two things can be known for a certainty: (a) It sure wasn't made in Iran and (b) It won't be shown there either.
Circumstance may miss out on making a truly startling political point, but it is a thoroughly enjoyable and tautly executed tale of young love, forbidden fruit and the world previous generations leave behind for us.
Both Boosheri and Kazemy are newcomers, but their spirited, tender performances -- from the eroticism to the shame and the flights of freedom -- feel completely, devastatingly real.
Circumstance bravely depicts the political plight of independent young women in Iran, a timely and worthwhile subject somewhat let down by two-dimensional storytelling.
