Gender Me: Homosexuality and Islam
Synopsis
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.
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Mansour Saberi
Himself
Abdullah
Himself
Imam Daayiee
Himself
Kaltham
Himself
Alexander Lie
Himself
B. Lennart Persson
Himself
Hüseyin Ates
Himself
Geir Søli
Himself
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Nefise Özkal Lorentzen
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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.
Aug 12, 2024









