The Stoning of Soraya M.

When a deadly conspiracy became a shameful cover-up One witness refused to be silent
The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009)
Timing: 1:54 (114 min)

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$1 100 000
Director
Actors
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mozhan Marnò, Jim Caviezel, Navid Negahban, Ali Pourtash, David Diaan, Parviz Sayyad, Vida Ghahremani, Vachik Mangassarian, Maggie Parto
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Producer
Stephen McEveety, Todd Burns, Diane Hendricks, John Shepherd, Diane Hendricks, Thomas J. Papa, David Segel
Camera operator
Joel Ransom
Composer
Artist
Judy Rhee, Frankie Stellato
Audition
Deborah Aquila, Jennifer L. Smith, Tricia Wood
Editing

Short description

In 1986 Iran, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village, enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant ended in tragedy.

What's left behind the scenes

  • An Iranian court officially introduced a moratorium on stoning in 2002.
  • The film is based on the novel of the same name by Franco-Iranian journalist Fereydoun Sahebjam, published in 1994. This novel is banned in Iran due to its "critical attitude towards the Islamic value system".
  • In the prison where the relevant scenes were to be filmed, a prisoner riot broke out the day before filming began, forcing the crew to shoot not on location, but on specially constructed sets.

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