Gender Me is a road movie about Mansour’s voyage into the world of Islam. It is a personal odyssey through a world of taboos, filled with contradictory images. He explores questions regarding faith and gender in Islam with a special focus on the unusual stories of Muslim gays. Mansour is a homosexual Iranian refugee who has been living in Oslo for the past 18 years where he works as a pharmacist. Now he wants to travel back to Istanbul, where he lived for two years before he was granted asylum in Norway.
Release Date | January 16, 2008 | |
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Status | Released | |
Original Title | Gender Me: Homosexuality and Islam | |
Runtime | 52min | |
Budget | — | |
Revenue | — | |
Language | Arabic, English, Norwegian, Turkish | |
Original Language | Norwegian | |
Production Countries | Norway | |
Production Companies | Integral Film |