Zahra (Shohreh Aghdashloo) is an Iranian widow with a terrible secret. When in 1986 French-Iranian journalist Freidoune (James Caviezel) is temporarily stranded in her village of Kupayeh, Zahra risks her life telling him the shocking events that led to the legalized murder of her niece, Soraya (Mozhan Marno), falsely accused of adultery by her husband Ali (Navid Negahban) who wishes to be rid of her in order to marry a 14 year-old girl. The penalty for Soraya's crime is death by stoning.
Director:
Cyrus Nowrasteh
Year:
2008
Country:
US
Cast:
Shohreh Aghdashloo, James Caviezel, Mozhan Marno
Classification:
16
Certification:
VL