Roya
Roya, an Iranian teacher imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin Prison for her political beliefs, is faced with a choice: make a forced televised confession or remain confined to her three-square-metre cell.As past and present slip out of sequence and exchange places, she moves between inner landscapes and lived experience.
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Roya, an Iranian teacher imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin Prison for her political beliefs, is faced with a choice: make a forced televised confession or remain confined to her three-square-metre cell. As past and present slip out of sequence and exchange places, she moves between inner landscapes and lived experience.
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- Release date
- May 7, 2026
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
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- Language
- Persian
- Country
- Czech Republic, Germany
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