Reading Lolita in Tehran (2026) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

2026 · 1 h 47 m

Directed by

Eran Riklis

Starring

Sina Parvaneh, Golshifteh Farahani, Mina Kavani, Reza Diako, Lara Wolf, Ash Goldeh

In revolutionary Iran, as fundamentalists tighten their grip on everyday life, a courageous professor secretly convenes a small group of seven devoted female students to read and discuss forbidden Western classics such as Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita and Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The film adapts Azar Nafisi’s bestselling memoir, exploring the power of literature under oppression.