The read
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
After seven years in prison, a female student in Tehran is hanged for murder. She had acted in self-defence against a rapist. For a pardon, she would have had to retract her testimony. This moving film reopens the case.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
22 audience votes
Key crew
- Steffi NiederzollDirector
- Steffi NiederzollScreenplay
- Flemming NordkrogOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Zar Amir EbrahimiNarrator (Voice over)
- Reyhaneh JabbariSelf (Archive footage)
- Shole PakravanSelf
- Shahrzad JabbariSelf
- Fereydoon JabbariSelf
- Sharare JabbariSelf
Stills
Themes
courtpoliticssocietyiranarchive footagemurder trialamateur footagethreatened womaniranian regimefrauenfrauenrechterape trial