The lord’s first wife comes to Shahrbanou’s house to ask her marry the lord!
This is while the young woman cannot even think about anything even if she is against it.
It used to be like this in older cultures. If a rich man could not have a child, he had the right to marry a second wife to bear him an heir. Did they never care about how these two women felt?
Don't miss the ninth episode of the 37-part series on iFilm TV tonight at 23:00 GMT and you can watch it now via the channel’s website.
The series, directed by Saeed Soltani and produced by Ali Maham, tells the story of serfdom during a time in Iran’s history. A couple is killed in an accident, but their children believe that foul play was involved.
They try to find out more about their family and discover the reason for their parents’ death by reviewing the diary of their grandmother, Shahrbanou.
The most notable on the cast list are Sorayya Qasemi, Jahangir Almasi, Shahab Hosseini, Mahmoud Pakniyyat, Behzad Farahani, Marjan Mohtasham, Kioumars Malek-Motiee, and Saba Kamali.
Katayoun Riahi, Jamileh Sheikhi, Rahim Norouzi, Ramin Parchami, Mahvash Sabrkon, Pourandokht Mohaymen, Fatemeh Taheri, Fath-Ali Oveisi, Mahnaz Ansarian, Mohammad-Hadi Qomeishi, and Nadia Deldar-Golchin are also among the main cast of the series.