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16/01/2008 Documentary 0h 52m
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Overview

Gender Me is a road movie about Mansour’s voyage into the world of Islam. It is a personal odyssey through a world of taboos, filled with contradictory images. He explores questions regarding faith and gender in Islam with a special focus on the unusual stories of Muslim gays. Mansour is a homosexual Iranian refugee who has been living in Oslo for the past 18 years where he works as a pharmacist. Now he wants to travel back to Istanbul, where he lived for two years before he was granted asylum in Norway.

  1. Nefise Özkal Lorentzen

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Mansour Saberi

    Himself

  2. Abdullah

    Himself

  3. Imam Daayiee

    Himself

  4. Kaltham

    Himself

  5. Alexander Lie

    Himself

  6. B. Lennart Persson

    Himself

  7. Hüseyin Ates

    Himself

  8. Geir Søli

    Himself

  9. Emre

    Himself

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by ZsazsaFilm
Written by ZsazsaFilm on 2024-08-12
Powerful and revealing this story is without a montage of extremities and naivety. What becomes of his gender is a personal odyssey. But full of taboos and hypocrisy that if not challenged takes away from his own meaning of life.
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Status
Released

Original Language
Norwegian

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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