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Feminine Future
PROLOGUE (Iraq, 2014)
PART ONE (Tehran, 2031)
INTERLUDE
PART TWO (Paris, 2033)
PART THREE (Utah, 2070)
EPILOGUE
PART ONE
3. The Bus
The street is empty…
Rene Hirsch
Feb 1, 2020
4. The Laboratory
A group of women comes out of the locker room all dressed in white, with masks around their necks and their hair wrapped in bouffant caps.
Rene Hirsch
Feb 3, 2020
5. The Market
Dressed in city clothes, Asherah chooses fruit and vegetables at the stall of the costermonger. She then takes money out of her purse and…
Rene Hirsch
Feb 3, 2020
6. Asherah’s Apartment
The front door opens. Asherah comes in with her shopping bags. She closes the door behind her with her foot, puts the bags on the ground…
Rene Hirsch
Feb 3, 2020
7. The Park
The following day at lunch break, Asherah and Nahid are sitting on a bench.
Rene Hirsch
Feb 5, 2020
8. The Pill
Alone in her working island, Asherah aligns ten tiny white pills on a glass plate. She then fills a micropipette with a liquid from a…
Rene Hirsch
Feb 5, 2020
9. The Molester
Asherah is standing near the central door in the middle of a crowded bus. She holds a security bar with one hand and a shopping bag with…
Rene Hirsch
Feb 5, 2020
10. The Husband
The light is on in the living room, and the sound of repeated gunshots coming from the television is somewhat muted.
Rene Hirsch
Feb 7, 2020
11. The Pill
In the bedroom. Asherah is sitting on the edge of her bed. Her head between her hands, she lets a few muffled sobs of rage escape. She…
Rene Hirsch
Feb 8, 2020
12. That Night
The dark silhouette of the buildings stands out in the night. A few windows here and there are lit. In the distance, the lights of the…
Rene Hirsch
Feb 11, 2020
13. In the Park
The next day, Asherah walks towards the bench where Nahid and her friend Marianna, a woman in her late thirties, are waiting for her. They…
Rene Hirsch
Feb 13, 2020
14. Asherah’s Apartment
A few days later.
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Feb 15, 2020
15. Flashback — Jalawla (Iraq), 2014
Nahid (21) and Asherah (8) have just been freed by the Peshmergas and walk confidently on a street that carries the evidence of recent…
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Feb 15, 2020
16. Flashback — The Uncle
In shock, Nahid and Asherah walk away from the building, slowly, without a word.
Rene Hirsch
Feb 18, 2020
17. Flashback — A Market near a Refugee Camp
A few weeks have gone by. Nahid and Asherah are sitting on a bench and look at the feverish activity of the market.
Rene Hirsch
Feb 18, 2020
18. Marianna’s Office (Tehran, 2031)
Small desks are disseminated without any regularity in the large room. A few women are working in front of computer screens.
Rene Hirsch
Feb 20, 2020
19. In a Snack Bar
Wrapped in their winter coats, Nahid and Marianna enter a snack bar. They order tea at the bar and choose an isolated table. Marianna goes…
Rene Hirsch
Feb 22, 2020
20. On the Street Outside the Snack Bar
A few months later. The snow has disappeared, and spring is already in full bloom. It’s early in the evening, but the street is already…
Rene Hirsch
Feb 22, 2020
21. A Hospital Room
Her back to the room, Asherah looks out the window. Her blue outfit contrasts with the white walls around her. From time to time, a…
Rene Hirsch
Feb 25, 2020
22. The Letter
Asherah and Marianna are sitting on a bench, talking in low voices.
Rene Hirsch
Feb 26, 2020
23. The Patient
The next day, Marianna is at her desk. A forty-year-old woman is sitting in front of her. She is wearing a sweater and jeans, and her…
Rene Hirsch
Feb 29, 2020
24. Asherah’s Apartment
The phone rings. Asherah comes hastily from the bedroom and picks it up.
Rene Hirsch
Mar 2, 2020
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