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The Stoning of Soraya M. (Persian: .سنگسار ثريا م, romanized: Sangsār-e Sorayā M.) is a 2009 Persian-language American drama film adapted from French-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam's 1990 book La Femme Lapidée.
Oct 9, 2009 · The Stoning of Soraya M.: Directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh. With Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mozhan Navabi, Jim Caviezel, Navid Negahban. A story told by Zahra to a French journalist of her niece Soraya Manutchehri, a 35-year-old married woman, who received capital punishment and stoned to death because of false accusations in the remote village of Kuhpayeh ...
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- Drama
- Cyrus Nowrasteh
- 2009-10-09
Based on a true story, this shocking tale exposes the power of mob rule and the lack of human rights for women. Stranded in an Iranian village, a French journalist meets Zahra, who tells of her niece Soraya, an innocent wife, condemned to a tortuous death.
An Iranian woman (Shohreh Aghdashloo) tells a journalist (James Caviezel) about the unjust and brutal death of her innocent niece (Mozhan Marnò).
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- Cyrus Nowrasteh
- R
- Shohreh Aghdashloo
Jun 26, 2009 · “The Stoning of Soraya M.,” a true story of religiously sanctioned misogyny and mob violence in an Iranian village, thoroughly blurs the line between high-minded outrage and lurid torture-porn....
- Stephen Holden
- Cyrus Nowrasteh
Jun 24, 2009 · It is rare, and Iran denies it, but the French journalist Freidoune Sahebjam’s best-selling The Stoning of Soraya M. (1994) appears to be quite authentic. A woman really was stoned to death on trumped-up adultery charges, brought for the convenience of her husband, who desired to marry a young girl.
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A story told by Zahra to a French journalist of her niece Soraya Manutchehri, a 35-year-old married woman, who received capital punishment and stoned to death because of false accusations in the remote village of Kuhpayeh, Iran, in 1986.
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