Cutting Through Rocks

2025, Film, 95 min, Biography, Documentary, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 69

37-year-old Sara Shahverdi, a motorcycle riding, land owning, former midwife-turned-fierce citizen advocate and recent divorcée, just won a landslide local election in her remote Iranian village and everyone has an opinion about it.

Directed by Mohammadreza Eyni, Sara Khaki

Cast

• Sarah Shahverdi

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