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Stoning of Soraya M. (The)

Country: USA, Language: Persian | English, 114 mins

  • Director: Cyrus Nowrasteh
  • Writer: Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh; Cyrus Nowrasteh
  • Producer: Todd Burns; Diane Hendricks

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EVERYONE MUST SEE THIS FILM.

The evil that men are. The evil that men do.

This is not a pleasant picture of Iranian life - in 1986, a country headed by a fanatical, misogynistic mad-man, Khomeini.

Domestic violence, infidelity with 14 year old girl (i.e. child abuse), corrupt religious figures...all in the name of Allah.

This film is the only comeuppance for a despicable man, a detestable community and a derelict tradition...when a religion condones stoning for adultery on the wife's part (not the husbands), whether it be corroborated or not, is neither religion nor ritual - it is a degenerate disgrace.

If this is an example of Sharia Law - then, it is barbaric.

The most agonising, difficult and heartbreaking film...that will leave you ashamed to be a man, to be human.

The children threw stones too...!

For God?!?

...you savages.


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The(ir) Blurb...

A drama set in 1986 Iran and centered on a man, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village and enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant had a tragic ending.

Cast & Characters

Shohreh Aghdashloo as Zahra;
Mozhan Marno as Soraya M.;
Jim Caviezel as Freidoune Sahebjam;
Navid Negahban as Ali;
Ali Pourtash as Mullah;
David Diaan as Ebrahim;
Parviz Sayyad as Hashem;
Vida Ghahremani as Mrs. Massoud;
Vachik Mangassarian as Morteza Ramazani - Soraya's Father;
Bita Sheibani as Leila