THE STONING OF SORAYA M.

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• Release Year: 2008
• Genre: Crime, Drama
• Plot: Based on Freidoune Sahebjam's acclaimed international best seller, Academy Award nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo (house of sand and fog) stars in the heroic role of Zahra, an Iranian woman with a burning secret. When a journalist (Jim Caviezel 'the passion of the christ') is stranded in her remote village, she takes a bold chance to reveal a truth that the villagers will stop at nothing to keep hidden. And so unforlds the remarkable story of Soraya, a woman whose cruel husband conspires against her by trumping charges of infedelity, which carry a severe and unimaginable penalty. Based on a true story, this powerful tale of persecution becomes both a daring act to witness and a compelling parable about mob rule
• Cast: Maggie Parto, Vachik Mangassarian, Parviz Sayyad, Yousef Shweihat, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Vida Ghahremani, Mozhan Marnò, David Diaan, Ali Pourtash, Navid Negahban, David Fariborz Davoodian, Bita Sheibani, Jim Caviezel, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Cyrus Nowrasteh
• Director: Cyrus Nowrasteh
• Runtime: 1:56
• Company: Mongrel Media
• Media Format: Movie