A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the twelfth century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the text -- long a favorite in Persia and the Middle East -- remains invisible to the viewer of the film, the whole story is told by the faces of the women watching the show.
The story of "King's White Horse" is about a young girl named Marie who is released from prison after several months. When she is released, it doesn't take her a long time to discover that her lover is on the verge of marrying another girl.
