http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyArticle.aspx?intStoryID=37242 Be Like Others
Peter Brunette in Berlin
11 Feb 2008 13:57
Dir: Tamaz Eshaghian. USA, Canada, Iran, 2008. 74mins
Be Like Others , a documentary on a topic that seems almost like the start of a joke -- did you know that in Iran, homosexuality is punishable by death, but sex-change operations are not only sanctioned by the governing clerics but almost actively encouraged? -- turns out to be a thoughtful, touching, and at times even wrenching study of sexual and religious hypocrisy in that troubled land.
