<i>Sara</i> (1992) and <i>Ashbah</i> (2014) are the only Iranian movies openly based on Henrik Ibsen’s <i>Et dukkehjem</i> (<i>A Doll’s House</i>) (1879) and <i>Gengangere</i> (<i>Ghosts</i>) (1881), respectively. Both movies were produced in the Islamic Republic of Iran and scripted and directed by the internationally recognized Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui (born 1939). This study examines the ...