Who is that strange boy sitting quietly in the corner of a bus full
of screaming fans going to the football match? In fact, this shy boy
is a girl in disguise. She is not alone, women also love football
in Iran. Before the game begins, she is arrested at the check point
and put into a holding pen just by the stadium with a band of other
women all dressed up as men. They will be handed over to the vice
squad after the match. But before this, they will be tortured! They
must endure every cheer, every shout of a game they cannot see. Worse
yet, they must listen to the play-by-play account of a soldier who
knows nothing about football. Yet, these young girls just won't give
up. They use every trick in the book to see the match.
OFFSIDE is a smart comedy illustrating the fight for women's rights
in Iran.