Screen Rant » the stoning of soraya m http://screenrant.com TV and Movie News, Reviews & Trailers Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:11:50 +0000 en hourly 1 The Stoning of Soraya M. Review http://screenrant.com/the-stoning-of-soraya-m-reviews-vic-16928/ http://screenrant.com/the-stoning-of-soraya-m-reviews-vic-16928/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:34:41 +0000 Vic Holtreman http://screenrant.com/the-stoning-of-soraya-m-reviews-vic-16928/ Short version: The Stoning of Soraya M. is an important film that needs to be watched – especially considering the current world political climate.

The Stoning of Soraya M review
Screen Rant reviews The Stoning of Soraya M.

The Stoning of Soraya M. is based on a true story and a book by Iranian-French journalist Freidoune Sahebjam. It is about the stoning death (murder, more accurately) of a 35 year old woman in a small village in Iran during the rule of Khomeini in 1986.

James Caviezel plays Freidoune, an Iranian expatriate visiting Iran on assignment when he runs into Zahra (played with usual intensity by Shohreh Aghdashloo), Soraya’s aunt, who convinces him to visit her to listen to her story. He is reluctant at first (seemingly sharing some native attitudes about womens’ lack of worthiness), but Zahra’s ...

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