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. BASED ON A TRUE STORY.From a producer of THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST comes this chilling true story. Academy Award® nominee Shorheh Aghdashloo stars as Zahra, a woman with a burning secret. When a journalist (Jim Caviezel) is stranded in her remote village, Zahra takes a bold chance to reveal what the villagers will stop at nothing to hide. Thus begins the story of Soraya (Mozhan Marnò), a kind woman whose cruel, divorce- seeking husband trumps up false charges of infidelity against her, which carry an unimaginable penalty. Soraya and Zahra attempt to navigate the villagers’ scheming, lies and deceit to prove her innocence. But when all else fails, Zahra must risk everything to use the only weapon she has left – her voice – to share Soraya’s shocking story with the world.
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July 27, 2010
#1
Review by Paul
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This is a very well acted and compelling movie. I’ve seen videos of real life stonings, and although somewhat cleaned up, this movie gives a realistic face to the act.
The actors do an exceptional job at portraying the characters. Shohreh conveys with a single look, what other actress’s take sentences to do. That’s a real feat considering I had to read the words in subtitles at the same time!
The movie also shows what a mob mentality really is. What pressure and teaching can compel a son to do to his mother…it shows what strength really is- not being the hero like in most movies, but in what it takes in the real world, to simply speak the truth. A strength that most people don’t have.
As cleaned up as it is (the movie does not deal with the underlining condoning of stoning in Islam such Muhammad demanding it in his famous confrontation with the Jews according to Ibn Ishaq, 257 and Bukhari vol 4 book 61, no. 3635- they are his first biographer, and a collector off traditions Muslims themselves consider reliable)-This movie does however show a present day reality that I fear most viewers won’t have the strength to really see.
Watch this movie, and then watch how few people are even willing to talk about the subjects it brings up- how many excuses and side steps people will take, rather than confront the reality that this movie throws in your face.
It is one of the few movies that show human nature- the good, the bad and the ugly. From looters, to the ones who confront them. This movie does more in the side plots showing human psychology, than most other movies that try to protray it as a main subject matter.
In short, this is a must see, if nothing else to better understand a dark side of the world.
July 27, 2010
#2
Review by Kale
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This movie is a must see and one of the best movies I have seen in a long, long time.
The direction is fabulous and makes one feels that he is standing next to the movie characters. The acting is great, the casting superb, the location and costumes are true. It was 100% great.
It stirred emotions to my core and my mind raced during the film. The subtlety of the acting made the horrific event all the more compelling. The actual stoning made me feel as if in the crowd and then, suddenly, I was Soraya. It was unbelievable.
The acting is superb and real. I think all must see this movie so all will know how extremism can be deadly whether in faith or in laws. The whole world should see this movie.
Too bad it’s not showing in mainstream theaters.
July 27, 2010
#3
Review by Mary B. Steinsdoerfer
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This film was released in a limited number of theaters. That was a shame because it is truely a must see movie. We took our teen daughters to go see this movie because of its true look at the treatment of many women in the middle east.
So often the arguemnet for not going to see a movie such as this one,is that it would be too hard to watch. I find it so strange how many of those same people will go to see movies such as “The Saw” or “Freddy Krueger Movies”,that are horribily violent and goory and have no redemptive value what so ever. When I saw this movie, it was if I was right there with them. This is a movie that you really need to see and take your teens to go see. They need to wake up now, and appreciate the country they live in.
Get this dvd and pass it along to others or like I plan to do, buy an extra copy for someone else.
Mary
July 27, 2010
#4
Review by Royce Wright
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…the raw power of The Stoning of Soraya M. Films like these are far and few and I can’t stress its importance amidst the current political climate enough. Get out to your local theater and see the movie. Get involved with the cause to stop stoning in any corner of the earth where it might still exist. This is an amazing film with an important message. Undoubtedly a must-see.
July 27, 2010
#5
Review by Anne Rice
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Like many an excellent film, this one is difficult to watch, but well worth it. It is a fine film that should be supported, and circulated, and admired. It derives it’s power from its clear and shocking narrative and from the outstanding performances of its cast, and its unsparing attention to the suffering of Soraya M. who is stoned to death in her village in Iran. The fact that people are being stoned today in a number of countries is as horrifying as it is true. What can we do to stop this barbaric practice? What can we do to support the women in these countries who cannot defend themselves against laws that denigrate their value and impose upon them unfair standards for their defense in criminal proceedings? — This is a brave film for focusing on one such case, and the egregious cruelty heaped on the victim. And it leaves the viewer wondering what a stoning means for all the people of a village who participate in it, including children who gather the stones. Whatever one thinks about these basic questions, one can be assured that this is first and foremost a good movie, with high productions standards — worth seeing, worth owning, worth passing on to others. Highly recommended.