In 1986 Iran, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village, enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant ended in tragedy.
Directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh
adultery
death penalty
sadism
persia
village
stoning
cowardice
double moral standard
based on true story
rural area
iran
religious fundamentalism
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Cast
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Zahra
Mozhan Navabi
Soraya M.
Jim Caviezel
Freidoune
Navid Negahban
Ali
David Diaan
Ebrahim
Parviz Sayyad
Hashem
Vida Ghahremani
Bita
Vachik Mangassarian
Soraya's Father
Maggie Parto
Vo
Prasanna Puwanarajah
Revolutionary Guard
Sahar Bibiyan
(voice)
Crew
Cyrus Nowrasteh
Director
Cyrus Nowrasteh
Screenplay
John Debney
Original Music Composer
Stephen McEveety
Producer
John Shepherd
Producer
Deborah Aquila
Casting
Judy Rhee
Production Design
Tricia Wood
Casting
Kevin Kaska
Orchestrator
Mark Sussman
ADR Voice Casting
Christien Tinsley
Makeup Effects Designer
Lee McNair
Senior Animator
Popular Reviews
30 reviews
Samed
8.0★ · 04/26/26
Are you frightened ? Not of death ,but of dying …the stones , the pain .
Are you frightened ? Not of death ,but of dying …the stones , the pain .
Ayeshoo
Zahra: Voices of women do not matter in here. I want you to take my voice with you.
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Zahra: Yes, it's clear. All women are guilty, and all men are innocent. Correct?
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There is no way for me to review this movie fairly, not with the anger in my chest, and the tears in my eyes, and the taste of vomit in the back of my throat. Not with what I know of islam, from inside and outside it.
It goes that there is no god but allah and muhammad is the messenger, but if there is a god it certainly cannot be found in Islam. And if islam is real then just give me jahanam. The world is better off without all organised religions – these breeding grounds of misogyny, violence, femicide, paedophilia – and this one most all.
We will see a free Iran. We will see a free Afghanistan. We will see the freedom of all oppressed muslim Women.
I don't care if this makes me sound like an islamophobe. I don't care about islam, I only care about Women and Girls.
Zahra: Voices of women do not matter in here. I want you to take my voice with you.
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Zahra: Yes, it's clear. All women are guilty, and all men are innocent. Correct?
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There is no way for me to review this movie fairly, not with the anger in my chest, and the tears in my eyes, and the taste of vomit in the back of my throat. Not with what I know of islam, from inside and outside it.
It goes that there is no god but allah and muhammad is the messenger, but if there is a god it certainly cannot be found in Islam. And if islam is real then just give me jahanam. The world is better off without all organised religions – these breeding grounds of misogyny, violence, femicide, paedophilia – and this one most all.
We will see a free Iran. We will see a free Afghanistan. We will see the freedom of all oppressed muslim Women.
I don't care if this makes me sound like an islamophobe. I don't care about islam, I only care about Women and Girls.
