It's actually hard to watch because the whole point of watching it is to arrive at a place where you really dread going. Mozhan Marno, the actress who portrays the title character, is extremely stoic and resolute, desperately trying to be brave about her impending fate -- yet the actress allows us to see her fear poking through the facade, even as the character tries to conceal it. It's an extremely tough trick to pull off, and Marno does so admirably.
Navid Negahban is riveting as Ali, the husband who falsely accuses his wife of adultery so that he can get out of his marriage in order to be with a much younger woman. One by one, he convinces/blackmails the people in Soraya's village to turn against her. The moment in which he coerces his young sons into joining the angry mob and to toss rocks at their own mother's head is one of the most powerful, horrible scenes depicted in a film in recent memory.
It's the type of film that makes your blood boil because of the horrible injustice inflicted upon the innocent. Small, intimate, and gritty. Highly recommended for those that can take this sort of thing.
Navid Negahban is riveting as Ali, the husband who falsely accuses his wife of adultery so that he can get out of his marriage in order to be with a much younger woman. One by one, he convinces/blackmails the people in Soraya's village to turn against her. The moment in which he coerces his young sons into joining the angry mob and to toss rocks at their own mother's head is one of the most powerful, horrible scenes depicted in a film in recent memory.
It's the type of film that makes your blood boil because of the horrible injustice inflicted upon the innocent. Small, intimate, and gritty. Highly recommended for those that can take this sort of thing.