This is a difficult movie to watch, especially the ending. You basically watch a woman as she is stoned to death. The viewer vividly sees the stones striking her, the graphic bloodshed, and all the rest of it is there on the screen. Soraya (Mozhan Marnò) had been abused by her husband before this, physically struck several times and verbally abused as well. He has a girlfriend and wants a divorce and his plan is to blame Soraya for unfaithfulness and as the movie reveals, he is successful.
Although we see the destructive ways this event affects Soraya’s family, and the fact that it is difficult to comprehend that this practice still actually happens in parts of the world today, the film is too graphic for us to recommend it as a family-friendly film, and we therefore cannot award our Dove Seal to the movie.