En 1986, el imán Jomeini está a punto de asumir el poder en Irán. Mientras tanto, el periodista francés Freidoune Sahebjam (Jim Caviezel), gracias a una avería de su automóvil, llega a una aldea, donde la joven Zahra (Shohreh Aghdashloo) le revela algo que sus vecinos tratan de ocultar al mundo: la verdadera historia de una mujer llamada Soraya M (Mozhan Marnò), una dulce y alegre joven, que es víctima de una terrible conspiración capitaneada por su marido, que la acusa de adulterio. Según el severo código de leyes islámico (la Sharia), el adulterio es un crimen que debe ser castigado con la lapidación. Moviéndose a través de un campo minado de intrigas, mentiras y engaños, Soraya, con la ayuda de Zahra, tratará en vano de demostrar su inocencia. Entonces Zahra, corriendo un gran riesgo, utilizará la única arma que le queda: su voz valiente y apasionada para revelar al mundo la historia de Soraya
Cuando una mujer descubre que su marido le ha sido infiel, decide pagarle con la misma moneda.
Second-hand car sales man Willenbrock has everything that he could ever wish for. He is married, has two lovers, a cottage in the German city Grünen, and a BMW. Yet one day while at his cottage he gets mugged and his life is drastically changed. Little by little the world he once felt safe in falls apart around him.
Tessa, an ambitious defense lawyer, expertly represents her clients, including those accused of sexual assault. However, she learns that the law does not provide justice after being raped by a coworker.
A shocking political exposé, and an intimate ethnographic portrait of Pacific Islanders struggling for survival, dignity, and justice after decades of top-secret human radiation experiments conducted on them by the U.S. government.
In a society in which conscious lies and double morals are easily justified with excuses and laughs, a needlessly complex society is created, that deviates from the core of tangible life. Freek has a difficult time maintaining himself in his normal day life. When he looses his grip, he breaks and marks his most beloved person, his son, for life.