When it finally gets to the stoning, the film recalls the passion of the christ in its nearpornographic fetishism of violence and martyrdom, which may explain caviezels casting. 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. I could close my eyes and picture soraya s suffering, and that of her family. 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.
I almost didnt go see the stoning of soraya because of how graphic i heard it was, but i was invited to an early screening and it blew me away. 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. It was only available here at one theater in the atlanta metro, but has since disappeared. The stoning of soraya m 2008 subtitles opensubtitles. The two sit down as zahra recounts the story to freidoune, who records the conversation with his tape recorder. Say what you will about the stoning of soraya m heres a movie that definitely delivers on its title. Its shocking and hard, but i feel like everybody needs to see this movie to understand what these women are dealing with. Download book the stoning of soraya m a story of injustice in iran pdf free. This kind of behavior is sanctioned under shariah law, and is a blatant violation of human rights.
The stoning of soraya m dvd by shoreh agdashloo dvd. Oct 22, 20 when a criminal posing as a mullah comes to town, ghorbanali sees the perfect opportunity to be rid of his wife without any costs of divorce. The independent film, set in an iranian village in the late 1980s, tells the story of a woman falsely. Visitors of subtitlesbank have given a rating of 8 10 for the stoning of soraya m. 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. Sahebjam, a frenchiranian journalist, was traveling through iran in the 1980s when he had to stop in a small village. This above text message is mentioned in the movie the stoning of soraya m. The stoning of soraya m a true story by freidoune sahebjam. It brought attention to the executing of stoning, as well as the lack of womens rights in iran.
The music emotes the intensity of the subject matter. The stoning of soraya m a true story, kind of filmtv. Aacrarbg torrent for free, hd full movie streaming also available in limetorrents. This graphicperhaps too much sodepiction of a real event raises awareness about the injustice that women still face in many parts of the world.
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. In a remote village of iran, a journalist caviezel is stranded when his car breaks down. Based on freidoune sahebjams international bestseller of the same name 1994, the stoning of soraya m. The stoning of soraya m is a 2008 persianlanguage american drama film adapted from. While stoning is officially prohibited by the fundamentalist regime in iran, every mullah is free to act as he wants. Despite official denials, stoning at an unknown number of people, namely women, continue in many countries. I can only hope it comes back in wider release, and i will. Goodreads members who liked the stoning of soraya m.
Apr 25, 2017 this feature is not available right now. Up to this day, there are few countries who still perform executions like stoning or beheading. In fact, the title speaks perfectly to the films blunt, hamhanded, morally unambiguous treatment of injustice in the wake of the 79 islamic revolution in iran. A horror all too true to life the harrowing climax in the stoning of soraya m. The journalist must escape with his life to tell the story to the rest of the world. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime. 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 tyrant had a tragic ending. Download the stoning of soraya m a story of injustice in iran. She was falsely accused and framed of adultery by her husband when he wanted to marry another woman but could not support both. Al mohammed cultural anthropology may 23, 2016 reflection paper the stoning of soraya m. That the pitiful death of soraya is followed by a false hollywood upbeat ending involving tape recordings and silliness about a car that wont start is simply shameful. Directed by cyrus nowratsteh, it features shored aghdashloo and jim caviezel. 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. Based on a true story, academy award nominee shohreh aghdashloo stars in the heroic role of zahra, an iranian woman with a burning secret.
But, after listening to the score the stoning of soraya m. I was particuliarly moved by tracks 5 and 16, they looked away as i died and the stoning. Staring navid negahban, shohreh aghdashloo and jim caviezel. 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. Seven sleepers english translation, 2005 a series running on iranian tv, in which medieval 300400 ad jews stone christians.
Her only crime was cooking for a friends widowed husband. The car of a frenchiranian journalist jim caviezel breaks down in rural. These poor women as shown with ms soraya m can be accused, sentenced, and killed merely on the. Written and directed by cyrus nowrasteh, the stoning of soraya m.
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. Oct 21, 2010 the stoning of soraya m n o reasonable person can doubt that the sharia practice of stoning a woman to death for supposed adultery is utterly grotesque as is the cringing reluctance of some. Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a. Academy award nominee shorheh aghdashloo stars as zahra, a woman with a burning secret. I could close my eyes and picture sorayas suffering, and that of her family. Nov 07, 2016 watch the stoning of soraya part1 nvhd on dailymotion. No escape, for victim or viewer based on a true story, the stoning of soraya m. Watch the stoning of soraya part1 nvhd on dailymotion.
Exhausted by a lifetime of abuse and hardship, soraya said nothing, and the makeshift tribunal took her silence as a confession of guilt. Books similar to the stoning of soraya m a true story. A hearing before mayor ebrahim ensues, but despite his skepticism, he is bound by law to declare soraya an adulteress and order her to be stoned to death. Iranian american director cyrus nowrasteh has amplified the basic elements of surayas story into the. Weve all watched the events of the past few days in iran following that nations elections. He, the mullah, and an easily swayed widower friend corroborate to falsely accuse soraya of adultery and sentence her to death by stoning. Movie 2008 thiss not mine thiss lionsgate copyright. 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. The stoning of soraya m is a movie based off of the real life execution of a woman named soraya. A true story from the worlds largest community of readers. Now, a new movie here at home is set to open later. An elderly woman, zahra, asked him for tea so she could tell him the story of what happened to her niece, soraya, mere weeks before.
The stoning of soraya m n o reasonable person can doubt that the sharia practice of stoning a woman to death for supposed adultery is utterly grotesque. I only hope those who were so eager to stone a woman because the husband wished to marry anther woman. A woman in black walks with purpose to a riverbank, where she shoos a dog from a. It takes zero political courage to speak out against the obvious barbarism of public stonings or the oppressive patriarchy. A woman in black walks with purpose to a riverbank, where she shoos a dog from a pile of bones.
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