Zahra and Maria met at university when they were studying medicine in Bucharest at the end of the 1970s. Zahra returns to her country of origin, Iran, and Maria stays in Romania. From then on, an exchange of letters began, following the ousting of the Shah and the ensuing Islamic revolution and, in parallel, the progressive degradation of the Soviet empire and the opening to Western values. Two women and two countries heading in opposite directions. Director Vlad Petri tells us this story entirely from archive footage; a story of friendship, revolutionary verve, feminist insubmission, disillusionment and longing.
Between Revolutions premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, in the Forum section.