# Iranian Movie

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iranian-movie/68367>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 11, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iranian-movie/68367 "2001-06-11T03:00:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![straykat23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@straykat23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straykat23)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iranian-movie/68367/1 "2001-06-11T03:00:22Z")

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Several years ago I saw an Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Film, the Iranian movie “Children of Heaven.”

There was a scene where the family settles in for the night to sleep. The mother and the young daughter go to bed wearing their Islamic head coverings. I’ve always assumed that within their own homes, women would remove the head coverings to escape the heat, let their hair flow free, or for whatever reason. Is there a prohibition on removing them within one’s home or was this done simply because the actors are Iranian Moslems and therefore would not remove them for public view?

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iranian-movie/68367/2 "2001-06-11T05:59:29Z")

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I have no idea, but I’d just like to say that _Children of Heaven_ is a wonderful movie.