The Day I Became a Woman (Persian: روزی که زن شدم, romanized: Roozi ke zan shodam) is a 2000 award-winning Iranian drama film directed by Marzieh Meshkini.

Later, tribal superiors and male family members come to stop Ahoo as she tries to escape the social constraints of being a woman.

She ties strings to her fingers to remind her what to buy, and hires several young boys to help her carry the items, including furniture and white goods.

As she floats out to a waiting ship, seemingly free from the bonds of womanhood, she is watched by two of the young women from the bicycle race, and Hava, now wearing her chador.

[5] Meshkini has said that as a female filmmaker, she found making a film in Iran particularly difficult, having to prove her abilities to the cast and crew before being accepted by them.

[8] Writing for the New York Times, Stephen Holden called it a "stunner of a film" and "an astonishing directorial debut".

[9] Roger Ebert said that the three stories lack "the psychological clutter of Western movies", describing this fact as a strength.

[10] In the Boston Phoenix, Chris Fujiwara said that the film was "largely successful, describing the second segment as the highlight, and calling the final story disappointing.