A drama set in 1986 iran and centered on a man, sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village and enters into a conversation with zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant had a tragic ending. No escape, for victim or viewer based on a true story, the stoning of soraya m. Having seen it, i have a more accurate picture of the ghoulishness of what it. The stoning of soraya m trailer accent films youtube. The stoning has haunted nowrasteh, an american with iranian parents, for many years.
Filmed in a remote hamlet in an undisclosed arabian country in the middle east by cyrus nowrasteh a respected americanborn writerdirector of iranian heritage, the stoning of soraya m is a must. The stoning of soraya m directed by cyrus nowrasteh. Based on the 1994 book of the same name by the late frenchiranian journalist freidoune sahebjam, which was banned in iran, the stoning of soraya m introduces us to zahra, a courageous iranian woman with a terrible secret. The stoning of soraya m offers moral outrage over sorayas plight, but little insight. It is an extremely powerful, shocking, heartwrenching and unforgettable film that looks into rural iranian life, and the horrifying. The stoning of soraya m is the deeply disturbing story of an iranian woman whose husband arranges for her murder through an abusive judicial process that culminates her being stoned in public. A drama set in 1986 iran and centered on a man, sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village and enters into a conversation with zahra. The movie centers around soraya who, without doubt, is framed for adultery by her unfaithful husband and is then subjected to a mock trial and sentence to death by the most barbaric means. Alis marriage to the teenager is conditional on alis ability to save the girls father, who has been sentenced to death for an unspecified crime. Throughout, the sense of injustice and frustration at such an unfair situation makes you want to scream, and the uncomfortableness factor is moved up about 50 notches at the stoning itself. In the video, an official from the islamic state is shown administering the proceedings, at the end of which, the woman is led to a hole in the ground, where she is stoned to death by her father and other men present. When a journalist is temporarily stranded in her village, zahra risks her life to relate the shocking events that led to the legalized murder of her niece, soraya, falsely. This graphicperhaps too much sodepiction of a real event raises awareness about the injustice that women still face in many parts of the world. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube.
That the pitiful death of soraya is followed by a false hollywood. Top rated shows most popular shows browse tv shows by. Ali, as evil a movie villain as youre going to see, uses his persuasive power to concoct a rumor about soraya that leads inexorably to her stoning. Jim caviezel interview the stoning of soraya m movie. 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. Deemed too controversial to release in some parts of the world, including the uk, the stoning of soraya m is a cry for help from the.
We were hired to film the reactions after one of the prescreening of the stoning of soraya m. The stoning of soraya m, as told by sorayas aunt after the event to a journalist, is one of the hardest films to watch that ive seen in many a moon. Ali is the abusive husband of soraya who tries to get the villages mullah to convince soraya to grant him a divorce so that he can marry a 14yearold. Based on an incredible true story, the stoning of soraya m tells the powerful tale of a villages persecution of an innocent woman. The stoning of soraya m is the deeply disturbing story of an iranian woman whose husband arranges for her murder through an abusive.
The stoning of soraya m a true story by freidoune sahebjam. Watch the stoning of soraya part1 nvhd on dailymotion. You might argue that the stoning of a woman to death is not a subtle subject. The film opens as the frenchiranian journalist jim caviezel is traveling through a barren mountainous region of iran. The film is directed by cyrus nowrasteh, and stars academy award nominee shohreh aghdashloo as zahra, jim caviezel as freidoune sahebjam, the foreign. A desperate woman asks for a meeting with a journalist to disclose the cruel and inhumane punishment of her niece. The stoning of soraya m is a movie based off of the real life execution of a woman named soraya. Stranded in a remote iranian village, a french journalist is approached by zahra, a woman who has a harrowing tale to tell about her niece, soraya. Big deals the stoning of soraya m a story of injustice in iran best seller books best seller. Vostfr soraya 2003 streaming vf hd film entier gratuit. But it would be helpful to have it told in a way that shows how almost the entire population of a village allows it to happen, even though most of them know of the womans innocence and her husbands vile motives.
Stranded in a remote iranian village, a french journalist is approached by zahra, a woman who has a harrowing tale to tell about her niece, soraya, and the bloody circumstances of her death the day before. 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. Now that weve got that out of the way, we can safely dismiss the stoning of soraya m. The stoning of soraya m a true story, kind of filmtv.
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