by Cyrus Nowrasteh
The story is very simple, but that’s just the point. It is simple: and awful in its simplicity. What’s worse is that the climax of the film is the title. Every frame builds up to the stoning of this woman, which is depicted with an unswerving lens. You aren’t allowed to turn away. The suspense leading to the actual stoning is wrenching, and then it gets worse.
I don’t know that there is much of a message to take away from this movie other than people can be brutal to each other for no good reason.
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