"Josephine Decker has created a new style of thriller that employs allegory, incorporates touches of David Lynch as well as Magritte -esque imagery. Decker's setting of a remote farm feels like a metaphor for what turns out to be hell. The raw and emotional (and yes, sometimes funny) dialog tells a story that can seem familiar at points but really is meant to keep you guessing and off balance. I really enjoyed how the undertones of this film came to life through her very deft contrast of the find out more...

Against a backdrop of the 1953 Anglo-American plot to overthrow democracy in Iran and reduce it to an autocratic police state, four women meet in a beautiful orchard to discuss life. They are the wife of a right-wing general, a prostitute, a compliant woman eager to wear the chador and marry and, the focal point of the movie, a liberal, politically aware 30-year-old with a devout Muslim brother.
Adapted from the book by Shahrnush Parsipur there is a touch of magical realism to 'Women Wit find out more...