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| Director: | Cyrus Nowrasteh | 
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| Writer: | Freidoune Sahebjam, Cyrus Nowrasteh, Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh | 
| Staring: | 
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 26, 2009 | 
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| Director: | Cyrus Nowrasteh | 
| Writer: | Freidoune Sahebjam, Cyrus Nowrasteh, Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh | 
| Genres: | Drama, Crime | 
| Keywords | adultery, persia, death penalty, sadism, double moral standard, stoning, village, cowardice, rural area, iran, religious fundamentalism | 
| Production Companies | Roadside Attractions, Mpower Pictures, Prime Meridian Pctures, Fallen Films | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $1,100,000 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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| Shohreh Aghdashloo | Zahra | 
| Mozhan Navabi | Soraya M. | 
| Jim Caviezel | Freidoune | 
| Navid Negahban | Ali | 
| Ali Pourtash | Mullah | 
| David Diaan | Ebrahim | 
| Parviz Sayyad | Hashem | 
| Vida Ghahremani | Bita | 
| Vachik Mangassarian | Soraya's Father | 
| Maggie Parto | Vo | 
| Prasanna Puwanarajah | Revolutionary Guard | 
| Bita Sheibani | Leila | 
| Yousef Shweihat | Ringmaster | 
| Sahar Bibiyan | (voice) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Freidoune Sahebjam | Author | 
| Bradley Schmidt | Art Direction | 
| Sierra Robinson | Costume Supervisor | 
| Jason Hamer | Makeup Effects | 
| Peter Wilke | Camera Operator | 
| Paul Kampf | Thanks | 
| Sana'a Jaber | Assistant Property Master | 
| Nasser Zoubi | Property Master | 
| Amin Charif El Masri | Set Dresser | 
| Hosni Al Baqa | Lighting Technician | 
| Kathryn L. Bucher | Costumer | 
| Ethan Beigel | ADR Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor | 
| Melissa Kennelly | Foley Artist | 
| Dennis Baxter | Sound | 
| Frankie Stellato | Animation | 
| Ciaran O'Connor | Digital Compositor | 
| Martin Hesselink | Visual Effects | 
| Michael Kowalski | Visual Effects Supervisor | 
| Cyrus Nowrasteh | Screenplay, Director | 
| Stephen A. Marinaccio II | Line Producer | 
| David Handman | Editor | 
| Jennifer L. Smith | Casting | 
| Rana Abboot | Set Decoration | 
| Jane Anderson | Costume Design | 
| Lara Atalla | Casting | 
| Diane Woodhouse | Special Effects Coordinator | 
| Lisa Zagoria | Casting Associate | 
| Karim Kheir | Assistant Property Master | 
| Rime Al-Jabr | Scenic Artist | 
| Emad Al Muhtaseb | Set Dresser | 
| Sasha Proctor | Second Assistant "A" Camera | 
| George Naouri | Casting Assistant | 
| Brian Beard | Digital Intermediate Editor | 
| Jeff Carson | Music Editor | 
| Baha Othman | Boom Operator | 
| Durand Trench | Foley Editor | 
| Evan Beigel | Sound Editor | 
| Dave Dean | Digital Compositor | 
| David Rose | Digital Compositor | 
| Paul Lemeshko | Visual Effects | 
| Allan Magled | Visual Effects Supervisor | 
| Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh | Screenplay | 
| Geoffrey Rowland | Editor | 
| Joel Ransom | Director of Photography | 
| Ian Eyre | Stunt Coordinator | 
| Heather Askew | Script Supervisor | 
| Mona Sultan | Art Department Coordinator | 
| Samy Keilani | Construction Coordinator | 
| Samir Zaidan | Scenic Artist | 
| Rima Najdi | Set Dresser | 
| Patty Connolly | ADR Voice Casting | 
| Abd Elfattah Rayyan | Costume Assistant | 
| Steve Sahagun | First Assistant Editor | 
| Jim Harrison | Music Editor | 
| Sarah Payan | Dialogue Editor | 
| Shawn Kennelly | Foley Mixer | 
| Erwin Lievre | Digital Compositor | 
| Lee McNair | Senior Animator | 
| Derick Loo | Visual Effects | 
| Matthew J. Clark | First Assistant Director | 
| John Debney | Music | 
| Deborah Aquila | Casting | 
| Judy Rhee | Production Design | 
| Tricia Wood | Casting | 
| Kevin Kaska | Orchestrator | 
| Mark Sussman | ADR Voice Casting | 
| Christien Tinsley | Makeup Effects Designer | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Diane Hendricks | Producer | 
| Thomas J. Papa | Executive Producer | 
| Todd Burns | Producer | 
| David Segel | Executive Producer | 
| Diane Hendricks | Executive Producer | 
| Stephen McEveety | Producer | 
| Jason Jones | Associate Producer | 
| John Shepherd | Producer | 
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