In a burst of cinema verité, we are swept into the election-day world of Zinat, a neophyte female politician in rural Iran. The protagonist had already forsaken the borgheh-a veil with distinctive bands across the brow and over the nose and mouth-in order to pursue a career as midwife and medical assistant. Citing lengthy inaction of the village council, she has entered her name as a candidate in the local elections. A cranky uncle comes calling, urging her to leave her political ambitions to her husband. Their spirited discussion reveals wildly divergent ideas about the Islamic home, womanhood, and sexual politics, her uncle warning that "a woman can send 200 men to hell!" Zinat spends an increasingly anxious day awaiting the election results, and in the end we are rewarded with a resolution, and a quick glimpse into a world where it may be that women will no longer be miscounted.-Thor Anderson (54 mins, Video, From Play Film)Preceded by shorts: