Roya Sadat

Soraya está andando até sua morte enquanto o presidente ainda está lendo sua longa carta. Será que a carta o convencerá a perdoá-la? Ao mesmo tempo, desconhecendo o destino de sua mãe, seus filhos jogam no jardim, enquanto Behzad, seu colega, se castiga porque ele é a causa de todos os seus problemas. Se Soraya for executado, seus filhos vão cuidar de seu avô, um mafioso. O presidente lerá a carta eventualmente, mas ele poderia decidir contra a decisão do tribunal?

A glance on the women who live in a geographical restriction of Afghanistan and the cities who have thousands of stories on women. The film addresses those who tyrannize over women, and who misuse cultural issues and religion.

Afghanistan has one of the world’s worst ratings in terms of domestic violence. All of this stems out of a lack of family law in our judicial system. Those working on reform, work very hard to find solutions for this problem but face severe opposition by the conservatives. Meanwhile, the cries of women committing self-immolation and street-children in the dynamics of a society make one face with the stories of bitter realities and inspiring struggles.

Bustling around a fiery oven, a woman baker explains her struggles and highlights the multitude of complicated roles women play in Afghan society.

Ay Nabaat is a 17-year-old girl from the Turkmen ethnic minority in Afghanistan

Ay Nabaat is a 17-year-old girl from the Turkmen ethnic minority in Afghanistan

Gul Afrooz is engaged to her lover Firooz, despite this she is forced to marry an old warlord, a Khan.The Khan sends her to Iran as a drug courier for an opium ring. The ring is busted and she has to avoid the police and the revenge of the Khan (nomsheep)

Gul Afrooz is engaged to her lover Firooz, despite this she is forced to marry an old warlord, a Khan.The Khan sends her to Iran as a drug courier for an opium ring. The ring is busted and she has to avoid the police and the revenge of the Khan (nomsheep)

Gul Afrooz is engaged to her lover Firooz, despite this she is forced to marry an old warlord, a Khan.The Khan sends her to Iran as a drug courier for an opium ring. The ring is busted and she has to avoid the police and the revenge of the Khan (nomsheep)

In the pre-civil war context in Afghanistan, the childhood friendship of Suraya (21, communist, wealthy) and Sima (20, conservative, humble Muslim) is broken when Sima’s brother is arrested and killed by the communist party in which Suraya participates.