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Don't act like the hypocrite
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who thinks he is hiding his deception
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while quoting the Koran aloud
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Hafez, Iranian poet
the 14th century
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Since the Cursed Shah
was overturned, -
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- there have been major upheavals
and improvements in Iran.
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KUPAYEH, IRAN
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Stop here.
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Thanks for the trip.
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Can you help me?
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It's the fridge.
It is overheated.
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The uneven roads take a toll on them.
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I'll look at it tomorrow.
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It is therefore very important,
that I reach the border before evening.
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- I would like to pay extra.
- I'm not working at all today.
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Why not?
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I'm tired.
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Come back later.
I'll see what I can do.
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- I just have to be able to reach the limit.
- To the limit, that's understood.
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I'll fix it if I can.
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Is there a café in town?
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- Yes, up there.
- Thank you.
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- Do you speak English?
- English?
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I must speak quickly. There are things
in this city you don't know about.
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They must not get away with it,
the devils.
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Just ignore her.
She's an old fool.
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- And your ancestors are equal!
- Are you now talking to strangers?
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Screw you off. Disappear.
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As the city's mayor, it's me
a pleasure to welcome you.
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Mullah Sheik Hassan and I share
like our breakfast with you.
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As the city's worst manager
I welcome all visitors.
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Thank you very much, but I'm only here
to get my car repaired.
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And I'm busy with my work.
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What kind of work is it
if I may ask?
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- Just some paperwork.
- Well, paperwork?
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Are you perhaps an accountant?
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Journalist.
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Your accent, where does it come from?
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I am on my way back to France.
That's where I live.
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Our Ayatollah, the Blessed Imam
Khomeini, stayed in France, -
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- and he was treated well there.
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You must have something to eat.
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That is very kind of you,
but I have to say no.
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How about a cup of tea?
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Maybe another time.
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Did anyone see you?
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What now? Nothing happens.
I love you girls.
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Come on. Look, he is our guest.
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I'll make him tea while you play.
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Come see, you little ones.
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You must not be afraid. I'm here.
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- Forgive them. They have suffered a lot.
- Are they yours?
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They are the daughters of my niece, Soraya.
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My name is Zahra.
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Zahra.
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Are you crazy?
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There are some who think so.
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Then it came here in the bar.
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And then you invite a stranger
inside your home.
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I'm on the verge of it
to give them justice.
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Sit down.
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Now I serve tea, and so can
you decide who is crazy.
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Me or them.
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Cigarette?
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The Ayatollahs have otherwise prohibited -
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- women to smoke.
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Today I am old.
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100 years older than last year.
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But I understand the difference
between right and wrong.
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What happened here yesterday,
was wrong.
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you do?
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The devil himself visited our town.
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And Allah the Merciful knows it.
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God willing,
you also want to be sure of that.
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Turn on your machine.
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Women's voice
has no weight here.
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I want you to
take my vote from here.
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Why should I listen to you?
As you say yourself, -
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- has women's voice
no weight in this country.
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Here's my story. So you want to know
why you should listen to me.
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There are men in this town,
there are like wild dogs.
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Their hunt began a short time ago
with Soraya's husband, -
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- Ali.
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Soraya will probably go along with it.
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But women can be persistent.
You must know that about your wife.
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- You must persuade her.
- God willing.
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- No. She has no choice.
- God willing.
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"God willing" me somewhere.
You are no more mullah than I am.
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Hassan...
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I have proof of your past
from the prison archives.
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You who have committed crimes
under the Shah's rule, is now free.
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But crimes will for the future
not be tolerated.
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- Is it a threat?
- Just a reminder.
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I know the truth about you.
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We both completely agree.
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But if Soraya is also
I'm not sure.
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So stay safe. Persuade her.
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Look who's coming there.
The �h so� holy mullah.
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Peace be with you.
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Soraya?
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- How is it?
- Ali is not at home.
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It's you I want to talk to.
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You have some adorable daughters.
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Soraya,
Ali has complained about you.
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He says you don't talk to him,
that you neglect him, -
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- that you reject him.
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However, he is your husband.
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He has the court on his side,
you know enough. Fully and completely.
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You have no right to
to deny him something.
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Ali, as I have been
married for 20 years, -
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- has turned our sons against me.
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He has met a woman,
whom he wishes to marry, -
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- but he can't
married two wives.
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He will grant you the house,
the furniture and your daughters-
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as well as a small plot of land that you can cultivate.
But not one more rial.
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The stony field
my daughters and I cannot live on.
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His offer is comprehensive.
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There is also another thing.
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It has nothing to do with Ali.
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I am willing to
to feed you and your daughters.
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For noble reasons, of course.
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Then I will come to visit
occasionally, -
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- so we can learn from each other
better to know.
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As time goes by, you will learn,
that the concept sigheh, -
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- a temporary wife, -
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- is fully sanctioned by Islam.
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- Disappear!
- This is a private conversation.
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You have caution
to leave this house, -
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- Mullah Hassan, Sheikh Hassan,
or whatever the hell you are.
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Otherwise I'll have the whole town riot.
You should be ashamed.
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You desecrate the holy book,
you so fervently preach.
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Zahra, you misunderstand. I have
the greatest respect for Soraya.
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I'll come along
the purest intentions.
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You come out of pure desire, don't you.
A sigh. A holy witch?
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How dare you.
May the wrath of God rain down upon you.
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May the undertaker carry you and yours
go through three generations!
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You witches.
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Your adder will return
and poison you. It also applies to you.
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You can wait.
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You can both wait.
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What is going on in your marriage?
Is Ali still a prostitute?
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Who is the other woman?
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Do you sleep with him?
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Do you give him what you owe him?
Rumor has it you don't.
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Answer me.
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He takes himself,
what I owe him.
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I have no more to give.
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The divorce. Confess it to him.
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And become Hassan's sigh,
so that my children don't starve?
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No, I can't.
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Who is her other?
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Mehri.
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Her name is Mehri.
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She is 14 years old.
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And her eyes shine.
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Her father is a rich doctor.
He is sentenced to be hanged.
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Ali has promised to help him.
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- In return for the daughter's hand?
- It has already been agreed.
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D�DSD�MT
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- How do you know that?
- He told our sons.
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As if it were something
they should admire him for.
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It is an arranged game between Ali
and the mullah. We must be on guard.
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You have brought shame upon me, woman.
In my own home.
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In front of a scribe.
I'm ridiculous. Ridiculed.
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How dare you?!
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Make her shut up.
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Mullah Hassan was here today
a divorce offer to your mother.
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And she refused.
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A woman who doesn't even
can put chain on the table.
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You don't give me any money.
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Mehri always puts a line on the table.
And more to.
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- She understands being a housewife.
- You mustn't talk about her.
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We could move into the big city.
You could become Revolutionary Guards.
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Now stop that talk.
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- Dad, do we have to move with you?
- Yes. There is nothing to stay here for.
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That woman does not want to do
her husband and her sons satisfied.
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Why don't you let us go?
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Only the boys?
What about our daughters?
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My children must not starve.
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You have an obligation.
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As a husband and father.
God forbid you let us down.
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And what about me, your wife?
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Your mullah gave me
an indecent offer.
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Namely.
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Like I was a witch.
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What kind of husband are you?
Where is your honor, your dignity?
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Don't talk to dad like that!
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Dry it up.
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Dry that bullshit!
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Get started!
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You'll get to that
to owe me 25 tomans for.
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It's a man's world.
You must never forget that, boys.
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- Where are you going?
- Come on, let's go.
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Where are you going?!
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You mustn't look at me like that.
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Stop staring at me.
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Where the hell are you going?
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Where are you going?!
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Does he want a divorce?
he has to cash out.
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He denies that. I know him.
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I'm going to the mayor.
He will listen to me.
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After my husband died...
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...he proposed to me.
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As a child, my parents put me
in the work of a man, -
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- so they didn't have to
to feed me.
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He exposed me to everything…
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...with the exception of intercourse.
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You know what I mean.
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I won't go back to that
and neither should my daughters.
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So protect them.
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Avoid provoking him, he didn't see
can do something to you. Remember that.
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- Do we have to live here?
- No.
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That will give him further reason to
to feel neglected.
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They don't sleep well at home.
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Zahra, you have to help me.
This is my wife...
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She is sick. The doctor has gone away,
so that's why I come to you.
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Yes, of course.
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- I agree.
- No. Remember what we talked about.
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- Come, Hashem.
- God bless you.
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- God bless you, Zahra.
- I'm happy to help.
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Step with you!
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We also want to have a trip.
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Have you ever known mate?
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Calm down now, stay here.
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Let Zahra do her thing.
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Your mother is not well.
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Mohsen...
Stay here, my boy.
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She is a strong woman.
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She gave me a child
after 30 years of marriage.
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No one thought she could
but she did it.
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By God's will, she gave birth to Mohsen.
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Zahra?
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Say, she'll probably make it.
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Hashem...
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...I have to kill her
ready for the funeral.
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It hurts me.
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No.
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You know our custom.
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When a woman dies, no man must,
than the husband, see her body.
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Her body is still in the house.
It is indecent to plunder it.
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- You should be ashamed.
- She doesn't need them.
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Put it back. Things belong
Hashem. He may need them.
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Need a sewing machine?
He has no idea what a needle is.
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Drop it. Probably his wife is dead,
but he is not.
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Get around.
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Zahra, come here.
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Zahra...
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Hashem tells that you were of good courage
him and his dear wife last night.
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00:33:31,495 --> 00:33:36,073
She should have been in the hospital.
Someone could have run her over.
250
00:33:36,291 --> 00:33:41,665
May you, Ali, in your fancy car.
Or did you have more important passengers?
251
00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:45,166
Not now, Zahra.
It is of no importance.
252
00:33:45,383 --> 00:33:48,799
Now and here we have to grieve
and take care of Hashem.
253
00:33:49,012 --> 00:33:52,713
She's not even
laid in the ground yet.
254
00:33:57,270 --> 00:33:59,975
It wasn't meant like that.
255
00:34:00,190 --> 00:34:05,813
Hashem himself cannot overcome
cooking, cleaning and Mohsen.
256
00:34:07,197 --> 00:34:11,740
A boy without a caring mother
is very vulnerable.
257
00:34:13,703 --> 00:34:15,661
Couldn't you talk to Soraya?
258
00:34:15,872 --> 00:34:21,626
Maybe she could help him when she
has sorted out his duties at home.
259
00:34:21,837 --> 00:34:26,545
In our little community
we must take care of each other.
260
00:34:29,845 --> 00:34:32,252
Well, it's with that p�?
261
00:34:32,472 --> 00:34:36,968
You guard and Soraya does all the work.
You can talk to her yourself.
262
00:34:39,771 --> 00:34:44,564
Zahra... She will probably be more
listen if it comes from you.
263
00:34:51,116 --> 00:34:56,110
She would probably be more obedient,
if you paid her for it.
264
00:34:58,206 --> 00:35:02,038
Naturally. Of course she has to
have credit for it.
265
00:35:02,252 --> 00:35:07,543
A good loan. And the money
must be hers alone.
266
00:35:07,758 --> 00:35:11,257
Yes, of course.
Her all alone.
267
00:35:11,470 --> 00:35:15,966
They must not go for food,
gasoline or your women.
268
00:35:17,350 --> 00:35:20,268
You have a big mouth, old crow.
269
00:35:20,479 --> 00:35:23,645
That way it is also easier
to poke it a few.
270
00:35:23,857 --> 00:35:28,685
It's an agreement. Soraya must
go to the hands of Hashem.
271
00:35:31,323 --> 00:35:33,648
Zahra...
272
00:35:34,743 --> 00:35:38,741
You cross the line.
Times have changed.
273
00:35:38,955 --> 00:35:43,416
- The Shah is no longer here.
- I know that only too well.
274
00:35:43,627 --> 00:35:45,999
It's a friendly warning.
275
00:35:46,213 --> 00:35:50,590
Moderate your language.
Be cooperative.
276
00:35:50,801 --> 00:35:56,305
Show them respect.
Give them what they want.
277
00:36:05,357 --> 00:36:08,441
That's what you do, Ebrahim.
278
00:36:08,652 --> 00:36:13,361
But what price do you pay?
Have you thought about it?
279
00:36:19,204 --> 00:36:22,869
You stopped them from taking
her things. God bless you.
280
00:36:23,083 --> 00:36:26,084
You were her good friend.
281
00:36:35,262 --> 00:36:38,013
Put it in a safe place.
282
00:37:12,090 --> 00:37:14,415
Soraya!
283
00:37:15,635 --> 00:37:18,305
Mohsen, where are you going?
284
00:37:18,513 --> 00:37:21,384
Now let Soraya go.
285
00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:26,725
- Are you coming to cook dinner?
- Of course I do.
286
00:37:26,938 --> 00:37:30,023
- That sounds good.
- Okay, Mohsen?
287
00:38:00,764 --> 00:38:04,631
- Now stand still.
- No, that's silly.
288
00:38:04,851 --> 00:38:10,190
I don't need a new skirt.
However, sew it to someone who can pay.
289
00:38:10,399 --> 00:38:14,443
Hashem gave me the substance,
and now I turn to you.
290
00:38:14,653 --> 00:38:17,025
Turn around.
291
00:38:19,157 --> 00:38:23,985
- Is Hashem treating you well?
- He is heavy-hearted, but fair.
292
00:38:24,204 --> 00:38:26,956
God bless him.
293
00:38:31,294 --> 00:38:33,204
Here here.
294
00:38:35,882 --> 00:38:39,002
Will you keep them for me?
295
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:44,930
That's all I've earned.
296
00:38:45,142 --> 00:38:50,136
- They must be safe if...
- If the pig gets hungry?
297
00:38:52,399 --> 00:38:55,269
It is a new beginning.
298
00:38:55,485 --> 00:38:58,403
Your way out.
299
00:38:58,613 --> 00:39:00,820
Nicely done.
300
00:39:04,661 --> 00:39:07,911
It is beautiful.
I look like a classy lady.
301
00:39:09,291 --> 00:39:12,660
Thank you very much. It is very beautiful.
302
00:39:24,890 --> 00:39:27,891
So you can slip away, boys.
303
00:39:30,645 --> 00:39:34,690
Dad, when are we moving?
into the big city?
304
00:39:34,900 --> 00:39:36,976
Soon.
305
00:39:39,696 --> 00:39:41,736
Beware.
306
00:39:43,617 --> 00:39:46,024
Thank you, boss.
307
00:39:47,704 --> 00:39:49,827
And to you.
308
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:53,872
Thank you, boss. But what about
mom and the girls?
309
00:39:54,086 --> 00:39:58,794
You don't have to think about them.
I'll probably fix it all.
310
00:39:59,966 --> 00:40:03,335
Smut then go home with you.
311
00:40:12,521 --> 00:40:17,313
I think there is something
between Hashem and Soraya.
312
00:40:18,777 --> 00:40:21,482
Soraya is not that kind of girl.
313
00:40:21,696 --> 00:40:24,816
What do you know about it?
314
00:40:26,243 --> 00:40:29,244
She works in his home.
315
00:40:29,454 --> 00:40:33,701
He is a widower,
and they spend a lot of time together.
316
00:40:33,917 --> 00:40:38,662
What are you implying?
Adultery is punishable by stoning.
317
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:41,834
Is this what you want to achieve?
318
00:40:43,427 --> 00:40:46,796
If she is dead,
Do I have to pay spousal support?
319
00:40:47,013 --> 00:40:52,470
But she's making money now. You should
get the divorce. Why so drastic?
320
00:40:52,686 --> 00:40:57,846
Because I can't wait.
And when did you become so righteous?
321
00:40:58,066 --> 00:41:03,227
I know all about your misdeeds.
In fairness you should be stoned.
322
00:41:03,447 --> 00:41:08,155
First we have to convince Ebrahim.
He will demand to hear from witnesses.
323
00:41:08,368 --> 00:41:12,532
- He has known Soraya for a long time.
- I'm a witness.
324
00:41:12,748 --> 00:41:17,409
- You can also testify.
- No, I have to be the presiding judge.
325
00:41:17,627 --> 00:41:20,581
- You must find someone else.
- We'll find one.
326
00:41:20,797 --> 00:41:26,551
First of all, we set the rumor mill
in progress in this little piss town.
327
00:41:54,748 --> 00:41:58,413
Good morning, Zahra.
I am at your service.
328
00:42:01,171 --> 00:42:06,296
New skirt? It looks like that substance,
I saw at Hashem's house.
329
00:42:07,886 --> 00:42:11,255
Yes, it's new.
My niece sewed it.
330
00:42:13,350 --> 00:42:17,561
- And you nailed Mrs. Hashem's ring.
- He's not supposed to use it.
331
00:42:17,771 --> 00:42:21,899
Unless he has found
a new woman to give it to.
332
00:42:22,109 --> 00:42:25,109
- Was it meant for Soraya?
- What do you mean?
333
00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:28,321
Don't play innocent,
your gossip bag.
334
00:42:28,532 --> 00:42:33,110
You are a gossip bag. Be quiet,
if you don't know what your talking about.
335
00:42:33,328 --> 00:42:37,326
- It may well be that I know something.
- There is nothing to know.
336
00:42:37,541 --> 00:42:41,669
I know Soraya rejects Ali. Why
otherwise fight around with other women?
337
00:42:41,878 --> 00:42:43,918
Because he's a jerk.
338
00:42:44,131 --> 00:42:48,045
He is like all other men.
Keep him full and he is satisfied.
339
00:42:48,260 --> 00:42:52,388
If you starve him, he will take,
what he hungers for.
340
00:42:52,597 --> 00:42:54,637
Soraya is a good person.
341
00:42:54,850 --> 00:42:59,227
Are you perhaps married to her?
That she is frigid is not Ali's fault.
342
00:42:59,438 --> 00:43:04,146
No one knows what goes on between
man and woman. You should know better.
343
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:29,542
- Aren't they beautiful, mother?
- Yes, my dear, very handsome.
344
00:43:33,889 --> 00:43:37,589
- Mother, what am I now?
- Let me guess.
345
00:43:38,518 --> 00:43:41,009
- A cow?
- No.
346
00:43:41,229 --> 00:43:44,017
- An elephant?
- Mother!
347
00:43:45,817 --> 00:43:49,352
Not anymore now.
We're going home and making dinner.
348
00:44:14,846 --> 00:44:17,468
I'm a rabbit!
349
00:44:19,434 --> 00:44:21,427
Look there.
350
00:44:22,771 --> 00:44:25,688
It's angels, mom!
351
00:44:46,670 --> 00:44:48,164
Soraya.
352
00:44:48,380 --> 00:44:52,424
I was completely startled.
You are home early.
353
00:44:52,634 --> 00:44:57,379
There was nothing more to do.
There are too few cars here in town.
354
00:44:57,597 --> 00:45:00,764
- Where is Mohsen?
- He's sleeping.
355
00:45:00,976 --> 00:45:05,685
He fell and hit his knee.
He cried himself to sleep.
356
00:45:06,565 --> 00:45:10,016
It's nothing.
Just a skin scraping.
357
00:45:15,323 --> 00:45:20,448
I'm done now.
The food is on the stove.
358
00:45:22,205 --> 00:45:26,417
- It smells good.
- Yes, it's freshly slaughtered lamb.
359
00:45:27,711 --> 00:45:30,546
Do you want to be...
360
00:45:30,756 --> 00:45:33,543
...and eat with?
361
00:45:34,634 --> 00:45:37,838
No thanks.
I must see to get home.
362
00:45:38,054 --> 00:45:40,462
It is clear.
363
00:45:41,850 --> 00:45:44,471
Occasionally...
364
00:45:44,686 --> 00:45:48,933
...it's just so sad
to eat alone.
365
00:45:51,276 --> 00:45:54,230
Mohsen will probably wake up soon.
366
00:45:56,114 --> 00:45:59,234
See you tomorrow morning.
367
00:46:26,812 --> 00:46:30,726
If I as mayor
must initiate legal proceedings, -
368
00:46:30,941 --> 00:46:34,107
- so you must bring good,
reliable witnesses.
369
00:46:34,319 --> 00:46:40,155
No friends or gossiping aunts,
that has a horn in the side of Soraya.
370
00:46:40,367 --> 00:46:46,701
According to Islamic law, every witness must
appear before the court.
371
00:46:58,009 --> 00:47:01,924
So get me proof, not hearsay!
372
00:47:05,142 --> 00:47:10,267
Ebrahim... I know
you are scheming against Soraya.
373
00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:13,980
It's no intrigue,
just accusations.
374
00:47:14,192 --> 00:47:18,901
I warn you. I will not let
someone make my niece regret.
375
00:47:21,074 --> 00:47:24,858
Muzzles should be
for women, not for dogs.
376
00:47:25,078 --> 00:47:28,613
There is no better one
wife and mother than Soraya.
377
00:47:28,832 --> 00:47:32,664
We just wonder,
why she...
378
00:47:32,878 --> 00:47:36,377
...is so much at home with Hashem.
379
00:47:44,723 --> 00:47:48,306
- I want to know what is going on.
- It's none of your business.
380
00:47:48,518 --> 00:47:51,970
What do you understand?
like that, woman?
381
00:47:52,189 --> 00:47:56,518
And I, who considered
to marry you.
382
00:47:57,486 --> 00:48:01,435
Ebrahim, however...
You've become a stickler.
383
00:48:01,656 --> 00:48:07,280
A servant, a slave, a sigheh.
A temporary wife to a monster!
384
00:48:15,087 --> 00:48:20,591
It's an intrigue. Whatever it is
goes out, it is facing you.
385
00:48:20,801 --> 00:48:25,379
I'm just a redundant wife.
I'm hardly worth an intrigue.
386
00:48:25,597 --> 00:48:28,349
They are planning something or other.
387
00:48:28,558 --> 00:48:31,429
You must stop
to work for Hashem.
388
00:48:31,645 --> 00:48:36,223
- Hold up? That job is my only hope.
- But you can't stay there.
389
00:48:36,441 --> 00:48:40,142
It was the same men,
who said I should take the job.
390
00:48:40,362 --> 00:48:43,279
And now it's mine.
I'm keeping it.
391
00:48:43,490 --> 00:48:46,159
- Ali has complained about you.
- As always.
392
00:48:46,368 --> 00:48:50,318
- What do you say?
- Nothing. Then he just beats me.
393
00:48:50,539 --> 00:48:55,664
They can make you sad. That mullah
can make a snake bite itself.
394
00:48:55,877 --> 00:49:01,501
Shut up. There is no intrigue.
Just an aunt with a vivid imagination.
395
00:49:01,716 --> 00:49:06,260
So listen to it,
what is said between the words!
396
00:49:35,333 --> 00:49:38,251
Little friend... Stupid.
397
00:49:52,893 --> 00:49:56,178
Peace be with you.
398
00:50:00,609 --> 00:50:04,144
- Peace be with you.
- And with you.
399
00:50:08,533 --> 00:50:11,404
Here, Hashem.
400
00:50:12,621 --> 00:50:17,081
We have something serious
to talk to you about today.
401
00:50:17,292 --> 00:50:23,295
Ali has seen Soraya
go in and out of your house.
402
00:50:26,051 --> 00:50:30,262
He is suspicious.
He distrusts his wife.
403
00:50:31,598 --> 00:50:33,638
But...
404
00:50:35,602 --> 00:50:38,354
...as you know, -
405
00:50:38,563 --> 00:50:43,106
- I am facing our ayatollah
obliged to -
406
00:50:43,318 --> 00:50:46,485
- to protect morality, -
407
00:50:46,696 --> 00:50:50,825
- as required by Sharia law.
408
00:50:54,830 --> 00:50:57,949
Islam commands it.
409
00:51:01,962 --> 00:51:07,418
We can, of course, call
a judge from Tehran.
410
00:51:07,634 --> 00:51:11,881
But so will the matter
be placed in the hands of
411
00:51:12,097 --> 00:51:16,260
a civil servant,
who do not know you.
412
00:51:16,476 --> 00:51:18,516
Read here.
413
00:51:21,690 --> 00:51:24,525
I can't read.
414
00:51:35,746 --> 00:51:38,118
Hashem...
415
00:51:42,043 --> 00:51:45,459
We're old friends, aren't we?
416
00:51:46,381 --> 00:51:51,624
Let me talk straight out of the bag.
Tell me the truth.
417
00:51:51,845 --> 00:51:55,428
Does my wife sleep in your house?
418
00:51:55,640 --> 00:52:00,635
No, Ali.
Soraya goes home every night.
419
00:52:00,854 --> 00:52:06,394
That's no answer.
Does she lie down occasionally?
420
00:52:08,570 --> 00:52:10,610
I don't know that.
421
00:52:10,822 --> 00:52:15,615
Be honest though. You must know,
whether she sleeps or not.
422
00:52:19,956 --> 00:52:25,792
I am a simple soul. i don't know
what you want with those questions.
423
00:52:26,004 --> 00:52:31,164
- Sit down.
- No, I'm going now. Goodbye.
424
00:52:39,810 --> 00:52:44,103
Mohsen, would you mind handing it to me
the screw angel?
425
00:52:45,899 --> 00:52:48,271
Screw nail No. 10.
426
00:52:49,152 --> 00:52:52,438
Next to the toolbox.
427
00:53:09,047 --> 00:53:11,538
- Thank you.
- It was so little.
428
00:53:11,758 --> 00:53:16,586
How's it going, Mohsen?
How are you, my boy?
429
00:53:16,805 --> 00:53:20,304
Hashem, we need two witnesses.
430
00:53:20,517 --> 00:53:22,723
We already have �t.
431
00:53:22,936 --> 00:53:28,393
We can ask the boy,
whether he has seen Soraya lying down.
432
00:53:29,443 --> 00:53:32,812
He doesn't understand
what you ask him about.
433
00:53:33,029 --> 00:53:35,318
Of course he does.
434
00:53:35,532 --> 00:53:38,201
Don't you too, Mohsen?
435
00:53:44,040 --> 00:53:46,745
You are a good boy.
436
00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:50,910
- Keep him out.
- We can't do that.
437
00:53:51,131 --> 00:53:55,211
If my wife was fornicating with you,
can it be thought that you enjoyed it.
438
00:53:55,427 --> 00:53:59,507
Such a man would too
could be prosecuted -
439
00:53:59,723 --> 00:54:01,715
- and punished.
440
00:54:01,933 --> 00:54:06,061
In certain cases he would stay
the stone together with the woman.
441
00:54:06,271 --> 00:54:09,722
What would become of Mohsen, -
442
00:54:09,941 --> 00:54:13,809
- if his father wasn't here anymore?
Would he end up in an institution?
443
00:54:14,029 --> 00:54:16,235
Or also...
444
00:54:17,449 --> 00:54:21,945
...I could put him in prison
and take care of him myself.
445
00:54:22,871 --> 00:54:25,955
Mohsen, let's hear.
446
00:54:26,166 --> 00:54:30,994
What does Soraya do in your house?
Does she touch you?
447
00:54:31,213 --> 00:54:35,542
Now that might be enough. Keep watching.
448
00:54:35,759 --> 00:54:40,385
Soraya lies down on your bed,
doesn't she?
449
00:54:40,597 --> 00:54:44,844
Why are you doing this?
It is wrong.
450
00:54:45,060 --> 00:54:49,638
God on high
witness it all.
451
00:54:49,856 --> 00:54:55,230
Hashem, tell us now,
that Soraya sleeps in your bed.
452
00:55:01,201 --> 00:55:05,578
Okay. i don't know
what she does.
453
00:55:05,789 --> 00:55:09,039
- Maybe when I'm not at home.
- Maybe?
454
00:55:09,251 --> 00:55:14,209
One day she took a nap,
because she had a headache.
455
00:55:14,423 --> 00:55:17,293
She says things to you.
456
00:55:17,509 --> 00:55:21,008
Things she used to say to me.
457
00:55:21,221 --> 00:55:25,005
Things only a husband should hear.
458
00:55:43,368 --> 00:55:45,942
There you can just see.
459
00:55:53,920 --> 00:55:56,791
You Almighty...
460
00:55:58,508 --> 00:56:01,794
May God forgive me.
461
00:56:19,362 --> 00:56:22,981
My wife is a witch!
462
00:56:23,200 --> 00:56:26,485
You whore. Why?
463
00:56:26,703 --> 00:56:29,241
Why?!
464
00:56:33,251 --> 00:56:36,620
She has taken
my dignity from me!
465
00:56:38,048 --> 00:56:40,373
Help me...
466
00:56:42,052 --> 00:56:45,053
She has disgraced me!
467
00:56:45,263 --> 00:56:47,671
In my own house!
468
00:56:51,478 --> 00:56:54,147
Ali! Leave her alone.
469
00:56:54,356 --> 00:56:57,143
This is none of your business.
470
00:56:57,359 --> 00:57:01,653
- She is my wife.
- It is a disgraceful act.
471
00:57:01,863 --> 00:57:06,525
She doesn't deserve your protection.
That witch has been unfaithful to me!
472
00:57:06,743 --> 00:57:10,444
Aren't you ashamed to stand here?
473
00:57:10,664 --> 00:57:16,002
- She has slept with other men.
- She has fornicated with Hashem!
474
00:57:20,006 --> 00:57:22,676
She knows it well.
475
00:57:22,884 --> 00:57:26,170
It's all true.
476
00:57:27,973 --> 00:57:31,424
Get down. Ten quiet.
Now we're going to my house.
477
00:57:31,643 --> 00:57:33,885
Just you, me and Soraya.
478
00:57:34,104 --> 00:57:38,980
Bita, get Ebrahim. We have to decide
this as civilized people.
479
00:57:39,901 --> 00:57:44,647
You don't decide here! It is
a matter between me and my wife.
480
00:57:44,865 --> 00:57:50,155
So that's why you beat her up
street? Come along if it's that important.
481
00:57:50,370 --> 00:57:54,035
See how she has deceived me!
Cheat on me!
482
00:57:54,249 --> 00:57:57,950
It must be punished!
She must pray for this!
483
00:58:07,304 --> 00:58:09,925
Can you handle it?
484
00:58:15,645 --> 00:58:17,519
Come and see.
485
00:58:32,788 --> 00:58:36,702
Once again you stand
in the middle of it all. What is going on?
486
00:58:36,917 --> 00:58:40,036
She has been unfaithful to me. With Hashem.
487
00:58:40,253 --> 00:58:43,457
I suspected that
but now I have received certainty.
488
00:58:43,673 --> 00:58:48,003
- Have you cheated on him, Soraya?
- No, I haven't.
489
00:58:48,220 --> 00:58:53,095
Why are you lying? You are with every day
Hashem and go to bed with him.
490
00:58:53,308 --> 00:58:56,973
He is lying. I am married.
I would never do such a thing.
491
00:58:57,187 --> 00:59:01,813
You say she has been unfaithful.
More precisely how?
492
00:59:03,151 --> 00:59:08,738
They stood close together and whispered.
And their hands touched each other.
493
00:59:08,949 --> 00:59:13,741
Another day I saw them
whisper together again.
494
00:59:13,954 --> 00:59:16,160
And they smiled.
495
00:59:18,834 --> 00:59:21,407
Is it true?
496
00:59:22,254 --> 00:59:25,670
I said to Hashem,
I had to go home and wash clothes, -
497
00:59:25,882 --> 00:59:30,793
- but that I would come later.
There we smiled at each other.
498
00:59:31,012 --> 00:59:33,254
It is Hashem.
Now we must hear the truth.
499
00:59:33,473 --> 00:59:37,138
It is not a crime
to talk to your employer.
500
00:59:37,352 --> 00:59:39,974
Or talking to a man.
501
00:59:40,188 --> 00:59:44,268
And to smile?
It is not forbidden either.
502
00:59:49,156 --> 00:59:50,698
Hashem.
503
00:59:50,907 --> 00:59:56,068
When you and Soraya whispered together,
what did you say to each other?
504
00:59:56,288 --> 00:59:59,324
We didn't whisper.
505
01:00:03,545 --> 01:00:06,996
She had to wash clothes, -
506
01:00:07,215 --> 01:00:13,218
- but would come back and cook.
After that she wanted to rest.
507
01:00:13,430 --> 01:00:19,385
I never said that. I have
too busy to rest.
508
01:00:20,937 --> 01:00:25,398
Hashem, now you must
listen very well.
509
01:00:25,609 --> 01:00:30,354
I want a clear answer.
Yes or no. Understood?
510
01:00:36,787 --> 01:00:41,947
Soraya hinted,
that she would rest in your house?
511
01:00:43,668 --> 01:00:46,159
Yes, she did.
512
01:00:46,379 --> 01:00:52,334
She has done that before. She is there
so often. She lies on my bed.
513
01:00:54,471 --> 01:00:58,599
She says things
which only a husband should hear.
514
01:00:58,809 --> 01:01:02,758
You are lying! I will never stay
longer than necessary.
515
01:01:02,979 --> 01:01:06,728
The door always stands.
516
01:01:06,942 --> 01:01:11,936
Why are you doing this?
Why do you say those things?
517
01:01:12,155 --> 01:01:16,901
Your wife was my dear friend.
I have looked after your lovely boy.
518
01:01:17,119 --> 01:01:22,908
These men asked me to work for you.
I have done nothing wrong.
519
01:01:33,635 --> 01:01:36,208
Hashem.
520
01:01:36,430 --> 01:01:39,881
A man who accuses
his wife for adultery, -
521
01:01:40,100 --> 01:01:43,551
- risks turning
the whole city against him.
522
01:01:43,770 --> 01:01:47,768
These kinds of crimes
is not tolerated.
523
01:01:47,983 --> 01:01:51,186
You must be completely safe.
524
01:01:55,157 --> 01:02:00,151
- He is telling the truth.
- Yes, I do.
525
01:02:00,370 --> 01:02:04,664
I have told it to
Ali and Mullah Hassan.
526
01:02:04,875 --> 01:02:09,038
The whole town knows.
Even the gossip aunts know it.
527
01:02:09,254 --> 01:02:14,593
They know nothing.
They only repeat what they hear.
528
01:02:14,801 --> 01:02:18,502
- That doesn't make it true.
- I saw them holding hands.
529
01:02:18,722 --> 01:02:22,969
- No, I just smiled.
- Like another village idiot.
530
01:02:23,185 --> 01:02:26,554
- People know I'm a sensitive woman.
- They say you're pregnant.
531
01:02:26,772 --> 01:02:31,350
Pregnant? In nine months
you will discover that it is a lie!
532
01:02:39,743 --> 01:02:43,076
There are now two men,
who accuses you -
533
01:02:43,288 --> 01:02:45,779
- for a behavior, -
534
01:02:45,999 --> 01:02:51,373
that doesn't match
for a wife and a mother.
535
01:02:53,006 --> 01:02:55,414
Can you prove your innocence?
536
01:02:55,634 --> 01:02:57,840
Prove it?
537
01:02:58,053 --> 01:03:00,211
But how?
538
01:03:00,430 --> 01:03:05,057
They are the ones accusing me.
Those who have to prove something.
539
01:03:07,270 --> 01:03:11,185
When a man accuses his wife, -
540
01:03:11,400 --> 01:03:17,189
- it is she who has to prove
his innocence. The law says so.
541
01:03:18,532 --> 01:03:20,655
Conversely...
542
01:03:23,370 --> 01:03:26,869
...if a woman
accuses her husband, -
543
01:03:27,082 --> 01:03:30,617
- then it is up to her to prove
his fault. Do you understand that?
544
01:03:30,836 --> 01:03:36,257
Yes, it is clear. All women are
guilty, and all men innocent.
545
01:03:36,466 --> 01:03:39,918
- Shut your big mouth.
- Take me to a certain place.
546
01:03:40,137 --> 01:03:42,213
Ski rich.
547
01:03:49,271 --> 01:03:51,394
Ibrahim.
548
01:03:53,066 --> 01:03:57,562
The two of us have always known each other.
You can't lie to me.
549
01:03:57,779 --> 01:04:02,157
This is a fixed game. It's about
the girl he wants to marry.
550
01:04:02,367 --> 01:04:06,199
No. It is about a crime.
551
01:04:07,038 --> 01:04:12,460
A serious crime.
A crime committed against a husband.
552
01:04:12,669 --> 01:04:17,580
Against a father, two sons,
the whole village.
553
01:04:17,799 --> 01:04:20,469
Against Islam itself!
554
01:04:20,677 --> 01:04:23,880
That's what this is all about,
woman.
555
01:04:24,097 --> 01:04:26,719
And let me do my work.
556
01:04:49,915 --> 01:04:53,284
- What's going on?
- Ebrahim has sent us here.
557
01:04:53,502 --> 01:04:57,713
He gathers the men of the town for a meeting.
558
01:04:57,923 --> 01:05:01,374
- Who is with him?
- Mullah Hassan.
559
01:05:01,593 --> 01:05:04,547
Ali and his friends.
560
01:05:04,763 --> 01:05:09,425
Both your sons, Soraya.
And Morteza Ramazani.
561
01:05:10,852 --> 01:05:13,770
My own father.
562
01:05:13,980 --> 01:05:17,065
He wants to get into everything,
what they decide.
563
01:05:17,275 --> 01:05:22,400
That's how all our men are.
Have they ever defended us?
564
01:05:35,752 --> 01:05:39,002
In my time the punishment was
for moral crimes -
565
01:05:39,214 --> 01:05:43,508
- limited to fines
and community service.
566
01:05:44,344 --> 01:05:49,006
- Times have changed.
- You better rest.
567
01:05:55,397 --> 01:05:59,145
I'll get to you in a bit.
568
01:06:09,578 --> 01:06:12,947
Why do you wear a black chador?
569
01:06:14,207 --> 01:06:19,368
- It's not in a bad way...
- I know what you're thinking.
570
01:07:10,889 --> 01:07:13,012
God is great!
571
01:07:26,196 --> 01:07:28,817
She has been convicted.
572
01:07:29,032 --> 01:07:33,196
Condemned
She is guilty. Guilty.
573
01:08:24,296 --> 01:08:27,047
Zahra! Zahra!
574
01:08:27,257 --> 01:08:28,965
Yes?
575
01:08:32,387 --> 01:08:35,970
Good day, Zahra.
This is from Mullah Hassan.
576
01:08:41,521 --> 01:08:44,606
He asks for your signature.
577
01:08:55,660 --> 01:08:58,365
Does he want my signature?
578
01:08:58,580 --> 01:09:00,573
Yes.
579
01:09:15,222 --> 01:09:19,006
- We have to get out of here.
- What have they decided?
580
01:09:19,226 --> 01:09:25,727
- There is no time. We have to go.
- We have neither car nor money.
581
01:09:27,692 --> 01:09:33,114
You have been sentenced to be stoned to death
an hour. Do you understand that? Quickly!
582
01:09:50,715 --> 01:09:53,503
Sister! Stop!
583
01:09:53,718 --> 01:09:57,337
- Just keep going.
- Stop! Where are you going?
584
01:09:57,556 --> 01:10:00,510
Let us be! We just go.
585
01:10:00,726 --> 01:10:03,133
You're not going anywhere!
586
01:10:16,825 --> 01:10:20,158
So he has finally done it.
587
01:10:21,163 --> 01:10:24,448
He has cleared my way.
588
01:11:28,980 --> 01:11:32,895
You must always go with it.
589
01:11:33,110 --> 01:11:37,487
Never lose it, my dear.
Do you understand that?
590
01:11:52,754 --> 01:11:56,704
This one is for you,
my beloved Kataneh.
591
01:11:57,509 --> 01:12:02,550
It was my mother's
and her mother before her.
592
01:12:02,764 --> 01:12:07,260
One day you have to pass it on
to your eldest daughter.
593
01:12:17,863 --> 01:12:20,069
Come here.
594
01:12:57,277 --> 01:13:00,895
I fear
that my daughters will be next.
595
01:13:01,114 --> 01:13:05,693
You must protect them.
They are the ones that are important now.
596
01:13:09,581 --> 01:13:11,289
You have my word.
597
01:13:11,500 --> 01:13:15,367
As they grow older,
should you tell them about me.
598
01:13:15,587 --> 01:13:19,501
They should not be ashamed
over their mother.
599
01:13:19,716 --> 01:13:24,592
Soraya, I swear
to tell them the truth.
600
01:13:24,805 --> 01:13:29,632
I will tell it to everyone.
To the whole world.
601
01:14:10,767 --> 01:14:14,101
My God, help me.
602
01:14:15,647 --> 01:14:20,807
If what we do
happens according to your will, -
603
01:14:21,027 --> 01:14:24,527
- so give me strength to
to carry it out.
604
01:14:24,740 --> 01:14:27,776
Help me to do the right thing.
605
01:14:27,993 --> 01:14:31,991
But is it against your will, -
606
01:14:32,205 --> 01:14:37,033
- then give me a sign,
so I can prevent it.
607
01:14:43,425 --> 01:14:46,177
Are you scared?
608
01:14:46,386 --> 01:14:49,173
Not for death.
609
01:14:50,098 --> 01:14:52,470
But to die.
610
01:14:52,684 --> 01:14:55,685
For the stones.
611
01:14:55,896 --> 01:14:58,647
For the pain.
612
01:15:04,237 --> 01:15:07,772
Mother! Why do you have to die?
613
01:15:07,991 --> 01:15:11,442
Don't look at it, my boy,
614
01:15:11,661 --> 01:15:15,280
- Have you done anything with Hashem?
- I haven't done anything.
615
01:15:15,499 --> 01:15:18,950
Your father wants to get rid of me.
616
01:15:21,421 --> 01:15:24,091
So show yourself like a man!
617
01:15:24,299 --> 01:15:27,253
My dear Reza...
618
01:15:40,899 --> 01:15:43,355
Sit down.
619
01:15:46,571 --> 01:15:49,656
Cry all you want.
620
01:16:39,291 --> 01:16:41,698
So here they are.
621
01:16:50,427 --> 01:16:52,882
Get up.
622
01:17:42,687 --> 01:17:47,349
You animal! I'll give you.
Anyone else want?
623
01:17:47,567 --> 01:17:51,980
Show some respect though.
A little decency, for God's sake!
624
01:20:03,286 --> 01:20:05,160
Soraya Manutchehri.
625
01:20:05,372 --> 01:20:11,991
After a long time of voting
have we passed judgment.
626
01:20:12,212 --> 01:20:15,795
The verdict was passed unanimously.
627
01:20:16,007 --> 01:20:18,581
It sounds like death.
628
01:20:18,802 --> 01:20:23,678
D�! D�! D�! D�!
629
01:20:27,894 --> 01:20:30,516
In the name of justice -
630
01:20:30,731 --> 01:20:37,100
- are you going today, here in Kupayeh,
executed.
631
01:20:56,923 --> 01:21:01,632
This woman
has defiled our village.
632
01:21:01,845 --> 01:21:05,677
That's why she has to pray
for his sins.
633
01:21:05,891 --> 01:21:11,395
For every stone you throw, -
634
01:21:11,605 --> 01:21:17,275
- your ears are restored
piece by piece.
635
01:21:35,879 --> 01:21:41,549
Greetings, people! good afternoon,
ladies and gentlemen!
636
01:21:43,053 --> 01:21:48,392
We heard it was market day
here in your beautiful village.
637
01:21:48,600 --> 01:21:53,096
That's why we're here to entertain you
after today's hard dont.
638
01:21:53,313 --> 01:21:57,607
Just come closer,
young as well as old!
639
01:21:57,818 --> 01:22:01,862
- Can't you see we're busy?
- Please stay away.
640
01:22:07,744 --> 01:22:10,911
After the prayer, see.
We stay nearby, -
641
01:22:11,123 --> 01:22:15,072
- then finally come by
and see our performance.
642
01:22:19,965 --> 01:22:23,298
Take the criminal this way.
643
01:23:04,468 --> 01:23:09,260
D�! D�! D�! D�!
644
01:23:55,268 --> 01:23:57,938
The time has come.
645
01:24:05,821 --> 01:24:08,987
Take her chador off her.
646
01:24:14,913 --> 01:24:19,409
I don't want to cry.
You don't have to either.
647
01:24:19,626 --> 01:24:23,161
Pray to God with all your heart.
648
01:24:23,380 --> 01:24:26,334
He and Paradise are waiting for you.
649
01:24:28,760 --> 01:24:30,967
And pray for us.
650
01:24:41,565 --> 01:24:44,056
Come and see. Come and see.
651
01:24:55,454 --> 01:24:58,739
Soraya Manutchehri.
652
01:24:58,957 --> 01:25:02,456
If you have something to say…
653
01:25:02,669 --> 01:25:05,243
...so it is now.
654
01:25:09,301 --> 01:25:12,255
This is your last chance.
655
01:25:27,944 --> 01:25:30,815
How can you do it?
656
01:25:32,282 --> 01:25:34,820
You obviously don't know me.
657
01:25:35,035 --> 01:25:37,608
I'm Soraya.
658
01:25:38,997 --> 01:25:41,784
I have been in your home.
659
01:25:43,627 --> 01:25:47,755
I have eaten your food.
We were friends.
660
01:25:49,216 --> 01:25:52,916
How can you do this to me?
661
01:25:53,136 --> 01:25:55,971
I am your neighbor.
662
01:25:57,099 --> 01:25:59,471
Your mother.
663
01:26:02,729 --> 01:26:05,516
Your daughter.
664
01:26:09,111 --> 01:26:12,111
Your wife.
665
01:26:15,867 --> 01:26:19,651
How can you do that to someone?
666
01:26:26,169 --> 01:26:30,297
- God's law says so!
- God is great!
667
01:27:47,459 --> 01:27:50,246
God is great!
668
01:27:59,763 --> 01:28:03,713
Hold on, girls.
Just like me.
669
01:28:11,900 --> 01:28:15,565
That's enough. Step aside.
670
01:28:24,121 --> 01:28:27,240
Morteza, do you have anything to say?
671
01:28:29,292 --> 01:28:33,160
What is there to say, Ebrahim?
672
01:28:35,882 --> 01:28:39,251
She is no longer my daughter.
673
01:28:40,429 --> 01:28:43,098
I am no longer her father.
674
01:28:43,306 --> 01:28:46,510
Let's get it over with.
675
01:29:14,004 --> 01:29:16,376
No! Don't do it!
676
01:29:16,590 --> 01:29:19,840
Move, woman. Move.
677
01:29:20,051 --> 01:29:25,342
Stone me instead!
Take care of her, she has small children.
678
01:29:25,557 --> 01:29:30,599
- Ebrahim, stone me instead.
- Move, Zahra. It does not concern you.
679
01:29:30,812 --> 01:29:35,439
Ebrahim, I beseech you!
I will do anything.
680
01:29:35,650 --> 01:29:38,402
Don't talk about.
681
01:30:30,580 --> 01:30:33,071
Give me another one.
682
01:30:33,875 --> 01:30:36,662
Help me, my God, -
683
01:30:36,878 --> 01:30:40,294
- to beat it to death.
684
01:30:44,594 --> 01:30:48,888
Ebrahim, this is a sign!
The stones do not hit her, -
685
01:30:49,099 --> 01:30:52,966
- because God knows she's innocent!
686
01:30:53,186 --> 01:30:56,140
So do something!
687
01:31:11,371 --> 01:31:13,613
I can't...
688
01:31:13,832 --> 01:31:17,699
Don't worry, old man.
I'll probably do it.
689
01:31:28,722 --> 01:31:32,672
You devils! Murderers!
690
01:33:07,904 --> 01:33:10,822
God is great!
691
01:33:11,700 --> 01:33:14,654
There is no god
besides Allah!
692
01:33:14,870 --> 01:33:18,203
Muhammad is his prophet!
693
01:33:27,299 --> 01:33:31,131
Watch out, boys.
Do it for God's glory.
694
01:34:44,626 --> 01:34:47,295
Oh, my God...
695
01:35:26,877 --> 01:35:29,498
Stone her!
696
01:35:33,759 --> 01:35:36,510
Stone her!
697
01:39:41,965 --> 01:39:46,461
The sk�gen is still alive!
Take rocks, everyone!
698
01:40:28,428 --> 01:40:30,468
Wait!
699
01:40:33,100 --> 01:40:35,176
Stone her!
700
01:40:38,688 --> 01:40:41,642
It's angels, mom!
701
01:41:54,347 --> 01:41:56,921
It's over.
702
01:41:58,351 --> 01:42:00,807
Ibrahim...
703
01:42:01,021 --> 01:42:05,730
May God Almighty forgive you
for what you have done today.
704
01:42:59,704 --> 01:43:01,412
Here.
705
01:43:19,391 --> 01:43:22,890
They refused
to let us bury her.
706
01:43:23,103 --> 01:43:27,729
We took her body with us
and laid it by the river.
707
01:43:33,905 --> 01:43:37,440
There was a party in the city.
708
01:44:04,686 --> 01:44:07,521
It was yesterday.
709
01:44:07,731 --> 01:44:11,349
This morning, before dawn, -
710
01:44:11,568 --> 01:44:14,569
- I went down to the river -
711
01:44:14,780 --> 01:44:20,569
- and buried the remains of her,
as the dogs had lived.
712
01:44:31,421 --> 01:44:33,793
Well, so here you are?
713
01:44:34,007 --> 01:44:36,759
Your car is ready.
714
01:44:47,479 --> 01:44:49,187
Thanks.
715
01:45:10,502 --> 01:45:14,749
- What happened?
- Nothing. He picks up his car.
716
01:45:14,965 --> 01:45:18,547
- We can't let him drive.
- He hasn't done anything.
717
01:45:18,760 --> 01:45:23,506
He is a journalist. Stories like this
must remain in this country.
718
01:45:23,724 --> 01:45:27,057
We have to find out what Zahra
have told him. Stay ready.
719
01:45:43,660 --> 01:45:46,412
What now? Shouldn't you get married?
720
01:45:46,621 --> 01:45:51,414
The wedding has been cancelled.
Her father has been executed.
721
01:45:53,462 --> 01:45:57,080
Otherwise, I was so crazy about her.
722
01:46:05,807 --> 01:46:10,137
What made it all so good?
Nothing!
723
01:46:12,397 --> 01:46:17,640
You forced me to lie. You stoned
her to no avail.
724
01:46:17,861 --> 01:46:23,068
- What are you saying?
- They threatened me, Ebrahim.
725
01:46:23,283 --> 01:46:28,490
They said they would kill my son
parents. It was a lie, all of it.
726
01:46:28,705 --> 01:46:31,706
Leave me alone.
727
01:46:33,752 --> 01:46:36,788
You mustn't look at me like that.
You were also part of it.
728
01:46:37,005 --> 01:46:40,006
It doesn't fit! You lied to me!
729
01:46:40,217 --> 01:46:45,092
Lying? You are the mayor of the city.
It was you who conducted the trial.
730
01:46:45,305 --> 01:46:48,259
He must not get away.
731
01:46:59,069 --> 01:47:02,568
I hope not
Zahra has wasted too much of your time.
732
01:47:02,781 --> 01:47:05,450
Not at all.
733
01:47:05,659 --> 01:47:09,953
She's a worse chatterbox.
And she has a lively imagination.
734
01:47:10,163 --> 01:47:15,502
True. It can be difficult to
distinguish between lies and truth.
735
01:47:15,710 --> 01:47:19,210
I will leave that to gentlemen.
736
01:47:23,468 --> 01:47:27,964
Why are you in such a hurry?
What do you have in your bag?
737
01:47:28,181 --> 01:47:32,559
If you allow,
then I will pay my bill.
738
01:47:34,062 --> 01:47:37,396
You have already paid.
739
01:47:43,947 --> 01:47:48,490
- I can't let you drive.
- What are you raving about?
740
01:48:02,507 --> 01:48:05,544
- Have you recorded her?
- It's my property.
741
01:48:05,761 --> 01:48:10,802
- Property rights do not exist here.
- We don't let strangers snoop around.
742
01:48:11,016 --> 01:48:13,685
I am not a stranger.
743
01:48:22,611 --> 01:48:25,398
How dare you!
744
01:48:26,364 --> 01:48:32,284
I am filing a complaint against you
to the nearest public agency.
745
01:48:34,915 --> 01:48:38,497
You can do whatever the hell you want.
746
01:49:09,783 --> 01:49:13,068
Stop him! Stop him!
747
01:49:14,121 --> 01:49:18,829
Run. I have to take care of myself
her daughters. They don't dare touch me.
748
01:49:28,510 --> 01:49:31,262
Do not pump the accelerator.
749
01:49:38,562 --> 01:49:40,768
Move!
750
01:49:47,696 --> 01:49:53,200
What are you afraid of, Ebrahim?
Justice was served, right?
751
01:49:53,410 --> 01:49:58,036
The God I love is great.
752
01:49:59,499 --> 01:50:04,742
Shouldn't our village be
an example for the rest of the country?
753
01:50:04,963 --> 01:50:08,462
Now the whole world will be notified.
754
01:50:08,675 --> 01:50:13,218
The whole world will know
what has happened here.
755
01:50:14,514 --> 01:50:18,049
The whole world will be notified!
756
01:50:37,746 --> 01:50:42,989
When journalist Freidoune Sahebjam published
the bestseller "They stoned her", -
757
01:50:43,210 --> 01:50:48,335
- an international focus was put on�
Iran's practice of stoning women.
758
01:50:49,424 --> 01:50:52,840
Although the authorities deny it, -
759
01:50:53,053 --> 01:50:57,133
- becomes a myriad of especially women
still stoned to death -
760
01:50:57,349 --> 01:51:00,350
- in many countries around the world.
761
01:51:00,560 --> 01:51:05,555
The only existing image
by the real Soraya Manutchehri, -
762
01:51:05,774 --> 01:51:08,609
- taken when she was nine years old.
763
01:51:09,903 --> 01:51:13,486
Translation: Henrik Th�gersen
Scandinavian Text Service 2009
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In memory of Freidoune Sahebjam
1933-2008