"In "No Good Men," described as Afghanistan's first romantic comedy, Sadat plays the lead role of Naru, a camerawoman who proves her professional merit at a Kabul TV station, as she manages to document how other women feel about men in the country. A single mother, Naru continues to face harassment from her lazy ex, all while developing a new bond with one of her male colleagues."
"In the film, Naru and her female friends are liberated and openly discuss their relationship problems. In one scene, they joke around at the office with a dildo brought back from the United States as a present for Naru. In a Berlinale press interview, Sadat said the characters represented the country's most privileged middle-class women: They have a job that"
Two contrasting films by female directors from Afghanistan and Iran premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival. No Good Men is a feel-good romantic comedy starring its director Shahrbanoo Sadat as Naru, a Kabul TV camerawoman navigating work, single motherhood, harassment from an ex and a budding workplace relationship amid the Taliban’s second takeover that ends a two-decade democratic era. Scenes depict liberated middle-class women openly discussing relationships and joking with a sex toy. Roya by Mahnaz Mohammadi is a distressing psychological drama. Both films draw on personal experiences of injustice under autocratic regimes and showcase distinctive female directorial perspectives.
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