A young, educated woman who resists strict Taliban rules. After accidentally causing her husband Mohsen's death during an argument, she is imprisoned and sentenced to execution. She is ultimately spared through a substitution orchestrated by Atiq's wife and escapes to join a clandestine school.
Dying wife who forms an unspoken alliance with the prisoner to secure her husband's future.
Authoritative warden responsible for the security and management of the female prison.
Educated husband whose rigid adherence to rules clashes with his wife's spirit.
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