Completed - ARABIC - Drama, Social issues, First film - 83 minutes
Soraya is a public official who tries to enforce the law within the terrible situation of Afghanistan today. Her decision to save a young woman accused of adultery from the justice of a clan provokes a chain reaction, even in the family.
Year of production : 2017 Director(s) : Roya SADAT
Soraya is a public official who tries to enforce the law within the terrible situation of Afghanistan today. Her decision to save a young woman accused of adultery from the justice of a clan provokes a chain reaction, even in the family. Then things get worse when following an argument Soraya accidentally kills her husband, a violent man. She is thus arrested and condemned to death. Only the president can save her: she has written a long letter to him which appears to be lost; with the chance that it may be read too late...
Country(ies) : AFGHANISTAN
Busan IFF 2017 A Window on Asian CinemaLocarno 2017 (Open Doors)