Based on Azar Nafisi’s #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, the film follows a professor in Iran (played by Goshifteh Farahani) who gathers a group of her most dedicated female students to secretly read and discuss forbidden classics of Western literature, including Lolita and Pride and Prejudice. The cast also includes Zar Amir and Mina Kavani. The film is directed by Eran Riklis (The Lemon Tree).