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.
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Zahra
Mozhan Navabi
Soraya M.
Jim Caviezel
Freidoune
Navid Negahban
Ali
Ali Pourtash
Mullah
David Diaan
Ebrahim
Parviz Sayyad
Hashem
Vida Ghahremani
Bita
Vachik Mangassarian
Soraya's Father
Maggie Parto
Vo
Prasanna Puwanarajah
Revolutionary Guard
Bita Sheibani
Leila
Yousef Shweihat
Ringmaster
Sahar Bibiyan
(voice)
Director, Screenplay
Cyrus Nowrasteh
Author
Freidoune Sahebjam
Screenplay
Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh
December 5, 2012
7
Astonishing story about the rights of the women in Iran, staged in a small town in the border.
The cast is really good and credible.