Sebuah drama ditetapkan pada tahun 1986 iran dan berpusat pada seorang pria, sahebjam, yang mobilnya rusak di desa terpencil dan masuk ke dalam percakapan dengan zahra, yang relay kepadanya cerita tentang keponakannya, soraya, yang diatur pernikahan ke tiran yang kejam memiliki akhir yang tragis. 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. Soraya was the victim of religion, men and her position as a woman in iran with no rights. It is both a classic fable of good and evil and an inspiring tribute to the many fighting against injustice around the world, the stoning of soraya m. This kind of behavior is sanctioned under shariah law, and is a blatant violation of human rights.
The stoning of soraya m is a movie based off of the real life execution of a woman named soraya. She was falsely accused and framed of adultery by her husband when he wanted to marry another woman but could not support both. Based on a book by journalist freidoune sahebjam, it tells the true story of soraya, who was accused of. The stoning of soraya m a true story by freidoune sahebjam. A horror all too true to life the harrowing climax in the stoning of soraya m.
Who will join forces with the plot against her, who will surrender to the mob, and who will dare to stand up for whats right. It is an extremely powerful, shocking, heartwrenching and unforgettable film that looks into rural iranian life, and the horrifying. Based on an incredible true story, this powerful tale of a villages persecution of an innocent woman becomes both a daring act of witness and a compelling parable about mob rule. The projectiles are rocks as opposed to hydroponic grass. Find books like the stoning of soraya m a true story from the worlds largest community of readers. Books similar to the stoning of soraya m a true story. Set in a small iranian village in the mid1980s, an innocent woman soraya, is caught in a scheme by her cruel husband who conspires against her with charges of infidelity.
The stoning of soraya m is one of the most upsetting, horrific films i have ever seen. This graphicperhaps too much sodepiction of a real event raises awareness about the injustice that women still face in. Its time to end stoning the time has come for iranians, muslims, indeed all people who truly believe in human dignity to insist that this shameful and barbaric act of stoning be ended now and forevermore. Director last week, sean hannity sat down with the director, cyrus nowrasteh, of the breakout movie the stoning of soraya m out now in limited release.
Those who prefer their movies nuancefree should come out smiling from the stoning of soraya m, the latest feature from controversial american director cyrus nowrasteh based on a 1994 book by. Goodreads members who liked the stoning of soraya m. With shohreh aghdashloo, jim caviezel, mozhan marno, navid negahban. Directed by cyrus nowratsteh, it features shored aghdashloo and jim caviezel. This harrowing, if cinematically flawed, account of a male mobs. She was murdered after a false accusation was made against her of adultery. The car of a frenchiranian journalist jim caviezel breaks down in rural. Summary a drama set in 1986 iran and centered on a man, sahebjam caviezel, whose car breaks down in a remote village and enters into a conversation with zahra aghdashloo, who relays to him the story about her niece, soraya marno, whose arranged marriage to an abusive. It was only available here at one theater in the atlanta metro, but has since disappeared.
Rather than returning sorayas dowry, as custom required before taking a second wife, he plotted with four friends and a counterfeit mullah to dispose of her. Movie 2008 thiss not mine thiss lionsgate copyright. It brought attention to the executing of stoning, as well as the lack of womens rights in iran. Mozhan marno, shohreh aghdashloo, james caviezel, navid negahban, ali pourtash, david diaan, parviz sayyad. The film is directed by cyrus nowrasteh, and stars academy award nominee shohreh aghdashloo as zahra, jim caviezel as freidoune sahebjam, the foreign. Despite official denials, stoning at an unknown number of people, namely women, continue in many countries. Zahra khanum is an old woman whose niece soraya was but one of over 1,000 people who were stoned to death in iran in the last 15 years. Based on a true story, academy award nominee shohreh aghdashloo stars in the heroic role of zahra, an iranian woman with a burning secret.
While stoning is officially prohibited by the fundamentalist regime in iran, every mullah is free to act as he wants. This is the true story of an innocent woman stoned to death in modern iran. The harrowing climax in the new film the stoning of soraya m. The stoning has haunted nowrasteh, an american with iranian parents, for many years. Muslims cannot stone a human being, but when a woman is accused by her husband rightly or wrongly of infidelity, she is no longer considered human. A desperate woman asks for a meeting with a journalist to disclose the cruel and inhumane punishment of her niece. This above text message is mentioned in the movie the stoning of soraya m. Say what you will about the stoning of soraya m heres a movie that definitely delivers on its title. It was on this date, according to frenchiranian journalist freidoune sahebjams the stoning of soraya m, that 35yearold mother soraya manutchehri was stoned to death in an iranian village. Now playing in select theaters, the american film the stoning of soraya m. In a remote village of iran, a journalist caviezel is stranded when his car breaks down. Set solidly in a fundamentalist village, the story of sorayas lessthanhonorable husband. Massoud, vachik mangassarian morteza ramazani sorayas father, bita sheibani leila, noor al taher kataneh.
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