Extremely powerful, well-made film about the plight of an "inconvenient" wife when her husband wants to dump her and marry a 14 year old. Taken from a true story which took place in modern-day Iran and reported by a French journalist.
Every aspect of the film was world class: cine, editing, casting... This serves as a useful cautionary tale of the peril to a society when half the population is disenfranchised. Also the barbarity of this woman's execution...with her buried to her chest in sand while family and villagers throw stones at her head...made me question the concept of "civilization."
It was an ordeal getting through this film but it's unlikely I'll ever forget it. This should be shown in high schools the world over to force young people to think about who they are and how to, and not to, find justice.
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