When a spirited journalist finds out  a Christian woman is facing a death sentence in Iran, she travels to the Middle East in an attempt to rescue her and discovers a secret from the past that will change their destinies forever.

SYNOPSIS:

Montreal journalist, ELENA TREMBLAY, is tired of covering mundane, local stories and

has always felt a higher calling to bring truth to the world about global injustice. She

decides to tackle international news by covering a story on SHEIDA, a Muslim woman

sentenced to die by stoning because of her Christian beliefs.

Elena heads for Iran in hopes of raising awareness regarding this perfect stranger’s fate. Protests have sprung up around the world in Sheida’s defence. SAMUEL, a fervent believer is secretly in love with Elena. He feels torn between his faith and his love for a non- believer. Although Elena has grown fonder of Samuel with each passing day, she is still trying to heal from the tragic death of her late fiancé.

Upon arriving in Iran, Elena is kidnapped from her hotel and wakes up in a locked room, lost in the middle of nowhere surrounded by the military. Elena has no idea that Sheida is also held captive in the same building.

Unbeknownst to Elena, her mother SUZANNE, full of pain and regret and bearing a heavy secret, has hired a sharp, private detective. BOB MAILLARD’s assignment is to locate Elena’s father in Iran, whom Elena has never known.

Samuel travels to Iran, unable to deny his romantic feelings for Elena and willing to sacrifice everything for the woman he loves. He teams up with Maillard in Tehran on a quest to find her in a race against time.

An explosion erupts in the building where the two women are kept as prisoners, but they manage to escape and make it to a safe house where they form an unbreakable bond. Elena’s fate is now intertwined with that of Sheida’s, whose veiled face remains a mystery.

When Sheida removes her Niqab for the very first time, this becomes a pivotal moment for Elena that will impact her faith in an irreversible way and change her life forever. ARMAN, Sheida’s merciless ex-husband and now a fundamentalist, has damaged her permanently.

The escape plan to smuggle out of the safe house the two women fails as Arman intercepts them on their way back to Tehran. Full of revenge and ambition, the rebel leader uses Sheida as leverage to negotiate the reinstatement of the Sharia law and challenge the government with an ultimatum.

Sheida’s father, a high-ranking member of the Guardian Council struggles to forgive himself for sentencing his own daughter to death. He sacrifices his own career as a government official to save his daughter. With the secret involvement of Allied countries and Maillard’s masterful plan, Sheida’s life is spared and she is turned over to the Iranian authorities.

Samuel and Elena are finally reunited in Tehran. He hands Elena a letter from her mother, unveiling the entire story of Elena’s father and how it all ties into Suzanne’s painful, twisted past. Elena and Sheida share a far stronger bond than they could ever have imagined, that of sisters.

As Sheida awaits a new trial, her adoptive mother demonstrates incredible determination and courage, by risking her life to help her escape the Iranian authorities. Sheida makes it safely to Canada with Elena, Samuel, and Maillard, before reuniting with her birth mother.