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The Stoning of Soraya M. is a american film of genre Drama directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh released in USA on 7 september 2008 with Shohreh Aghdashloo
The Stoning of Soraya M. (2010)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 7 september 2008
Length 1h56
Directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh
OriginUSA
Themes Films about sexuality
Rating78%
The Stoning of Soraya M. (Persian: .سنگسار ثريا م) is a 2008 American Persian-language drama film adapted from French journalist Freidoune Sahebjam's 1990 book La Femme Lapidée.
The film is directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh and stars Academy Award nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo (as Zahra), James Caviezel (as Freidoune Sahebjam, the foreign journalist) and Mozhan Marnò (as Soraya Manutchehri, the title character). The Stoning of Soraya M. had its world premiere at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Director's Choice Award. It was also the second runner-up for the Cadillac People's Choice Award. The book has been banned in Iran.
Synopsis
Stranded in the remote Iranian village of Kuhpayeh by car trouble, a journalist is approached by Zahra, a woman with a harrowing tale to tell about her niece, Soraya, and the bloody circumstances of Soraya's death, by stoning, the previous day. The two sit down as Zahra recounts the story to Freidoune, who records the conversation with his tape recorder. The journalist must escape with his life to tell the story to the rest of the world.Actors
Shohreh Aghdashloo
(Zahra)
Jim Caviezel
(Freidoune)
Mozhan Marnò
(Soraya M.)
Parviz Sayyād
(Hashem)
Navid Negahban
(Ali)
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