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A Balasaur Score of 68 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 59%, Metacritic 50/100. Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 74% of the 936 2000s crime movies in this catalog. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes59%
Metacritic50/100
Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do.
267 audience votes
Key crew
- Cyrus NowrastehDirector
- Cyrus NowrastehScreenplay
- Betsy Giffen NowrastehScreenplay
- John DebneyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Shohreh AghdashlooZahra
- Mozhan NavabiSoraya M.
- Jim CaviezelFreidoune
- Navid NegahbanAli
- Ali PourtashMullah
- David DiaanEbrahim
- Parviz SayyadHashem
- Vida GhahremaniBita
- Vachik MangassarianSoraya's Father
- Maggie PartoVo
- Prasanna PuwanarajahRevolutionary Guard
- Bita SheibaniLeila
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Themes
adulterydeath penaltysadismpersiavillagestoningcowardicedouble moral standardbased on true storyrural areairanreligious fundamentalism