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