

Sex & Philosophy
2005-12-09 · 102 min · ★ 6.8
In the midst of a mid-life crisis Jan, a 40 year old dancing teacher, decides to instigate a revolution against himself. His first act is to summon each of his four lovers, who are unaware of each other, to join him at the dance studio where we assume he is a tutor. His revelations to the women prompt a discourse about love and the fleeting nature of happiness. But when he comes to the fourth and final woman, he finds that his own philosophy of love is not as easy to apply as he had presumed. He realizes that the more the contemporary world has become sexually oriented the farther it has moved away from love...
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- Directors
- Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- Production companies
- Makhmalbaf Film House Productions, Wild Bunch, Makhmalbaf Film House Productions
- Countries
- Iran, Tajikistan, France
- Status
- Released
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