Malek Khatoon
After her husband’s death, Malek Khatoon returns to her ancestral village to rebuild her father’s destroyed dye workshop. Defying a powerful factory owner and a fearful community, her resistance sparks a quiet uprising.
After her husband’s death, Malek Khatoon returns to her ancestral village to rebuild her father’s destroyed dye workshop. Defying a powerful factory owner and a fearful community, her resistance sparks a quiet uprising.
Homa Rousta
Malek Khatoon
Jamshid Mashayekhi
Mehraneh Mahintorabi
After her husband’s death, Malek Khatoon returns to her ancestral village to rebuild her father’s destroyed dye workshop. Defying a powerful factory owner and a fearful community, her resistance sparks a quiet uprising.
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