‘Driving Lessons’ narrates the story of Bahareh who according to Iranian law, must have her traditional, chauvinistic husband accompany her on driving lessons so she and her instructor will not be alone.
Linda Kiani, Alireza Sanifar, Salar Khamseh and Sanaz Mesbah star in the movie.
The movie is in Persian with English subtitle.
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