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Roya

Name: Roya
Director: Mahnaz Mohammadi
Genre: Drama
Released: 2026-05-07
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 9
Cast: Melisa Sözen, Maryam Palizban, Hadmidreza Djavdan, Mohammad Ali Hosseinalipour, Bacho Meburishvili

Evin is a present without a future

2026 1hr : 33m Drama ★ 9.0

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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Melisa SözenRoya

Maryam PalizbanSamira

Hadmidreza DjavdanFather

Mohammad Ali HosseinalipourInterrogator

Bacho MeburishviliDoctor

Gholamhassan TaseiriHaji

Babak Radmehr

Hassina Burgan

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Why it may be worth watching

Roya combines Drama elements in one feature.
The principal cast includes Melisa Sözen, Maryam Palizban, Hadmidreza Djavdan.

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Best suited to viewers looking for Drama. Its shorter runtime also makes it easier to fit into one sitting.

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