The stoning of soraya m

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. Written in 1986, in the wake of the islamic revolution, this account of the brutal execution of an innocent woman illuminates, once more, the extent to which. But women are still stoned to death in some islamic countries, including iran, where the stoning of soraya m. It is an extremely powerful, shocking, heartwrenching and unforgettable film that looks into rural. 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. Her only crime was cooking for a friends widowed husband. The stoning of soraya m trailer accent films youtube.

The stoning of soraya m equality for women youtube. The film is based on iranian journalist freidoune sahebjams international bestselling nonfiction book of the same title. Exhausted by a lifetime of abuse and hardship, soraya said nothing, and the makeshift tribunal took her silence as a confession of guilt. A drama set in iran and centered on a man, sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village and enters. Young american catherine mulligan follows her love to iran and converts to islam. It is rare, and iran denies it, but the french journalist freidoune sahebjams bestselling the stoning of soraya m. 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. A drama set in 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 marriage had a tragic ending. He abuses soraya in front of their children, and turns the older son against his mother. A woman really was stoned to death on trumpedup adultery charges, brought for the convenience of her husband, who desired to marry a young girl.

The film is directed by cyrus nowrasteh from a screenplay. 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. The stoning of soraya m a story of injustice in iran by. Unnamed witnesses have claimed that her husband, ghorbanali, a prison guard with a petty criminal past, was eager to get rid of her in order to marry a 14yearold girl. But it is nowhere near as horrific as the plight of sakineh and the other iranians on death row who still. 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. 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. There is no doubt that the execution scene in the stoning of soraya m is horrific. It is an extremely powerful, shocking, heartwrenching and unforgettable film that looks into rural iranian life, and the horrifying. Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. The stoning of soraya m a true story sahebjam, freidoune isbn.

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. The stoning of soraya m is the deeply disturbing story of an iranian woman whose husband arranges for her murder through an abusive. This is the truth i realized as i watched the movie the stoning of soraya m. Both the film and the book are clearly from a feminist perspective. With shohreh aghdashloo, jim caviezel, mozhan marno, navid negahban.

Her husband openly takes a 14yearold mistress in a bigger city. Haar enige hoop op genoegdoening is dat het verhaal van. Stoning of soraya m a message lost in gratuitous violence. The stoning of soraya m 2008 subtitles opensubtitles. They make a clear case against the iranian sharia law system, championed. A desperate woman asks for a meeting with a journalist to disclose the cruel and inhumane punishment of her niece. 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. The stoning of soraya m a true story by freidoune sahebjam. The film opens as the frenchiranian journalist jim caviezel is traveling through a barren mountainous region of iran.