Afghanistan | 2017 | Color | Drama | 83 min


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DCP I Persian-Farsi | 1.85:1 | DOLBY 5.1
SYNOPSIS
Soraya is a public official struggling to enforce the law in Afghanistan today. When she decides to save a young woman accused of adultery from the justice of a clan, things spiral for the worse to the point that she's arrested and put on death row. Asking for justice, she writes to the president, the last person who can save her. But will he listen to her plea?
FESTIVALS, selective list
- Locarno IFF 2017, Open Doors
- Busan IFF 2017, A Window on Asian Cinema
- Munich FF 2018
- Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas 2018, Competition
- Goteborg IFF 2018
- Fajr IFF 2018, Competition
- FFMUC Filmfest München 2018
- Melbourne IFF 2018
AWARDS
- VIFFAC Awards
SPECIAL MENTION INTERNATIONAL JURY
SPECIAL MENTION NETPAC JURY
AUDIENCE AWARD FOR A FICTION FEATURE
STUDENTS' AWARD
- FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2018
ONE-FUTURE-PRIZE