Representation of woman in Iranian cinema: Samira Makhmalbaf example

This study is analyzing the symbolic features of the female image and the minimalist features of Iranian cinema in Samira Makhmalbaf films, mentions the process of women who display themselves as qualified representations with an attitude both in front and back of the camera after 1979 Revolution, becoming creative agents of the cinema, and refers to the lives of women who try to exist in spite of the revolution, whereas before the Revolution women were only, except for a couple of movies, in front of the camera, indeed as an object of an unqualified representation.