In a
world
of
secrecy,
corruption
and
injustice,
a
single
courageous
voice
can
tell
a
true
story
that
changes
everything.
This
is
what
lies
at
the
heart
of
the
emotionally
charged
experience
of
'The
Stoning
of
Soraya
M.'
Based
on
an
incredible
true
story,
this
powerful
tale
of a
village's
persecution
of
an
innocent
woman
becomes
both
a
daring
act
of
witness
and
a
compelling
parable
about
mob
rule.
Who
will
join
forces
with
the
plot
against
her,
who
will
surrender
to
the
mob,
and
who
will
dare
to
stand
up
for
what's
right.
It
is
both
a
classic
fable
of
good
and
evil
and
an
inspiring
tribute
to
the
many
fighting
against
injustice
around
the
world,
'The
Stoning
of
Soraya
M.'
was
a
rousing
runner-up
to 'Slumdog
Millionaire'
as
the
Audience
Favorite
at
the
Toronto
Film
Festival.
Academy
Award
nominee
Shohreh
Aghdashloo
('House
of
Sand
and
Fog')
stars
in
the
heroic
role
of
Zahra,
an
Iranian
woman
with
a
burning
secret.
When
a
journalist
(Jim
Caviezel,
'The
Passion
of
the
Christ,'
'Deja
Vu')
is
stranded
in
her
remote
village,
she
takes
a
bold
chance
to
reveal
what
the
villagers
will
stop
at
nothing
to
keep
hidden.
Thus
begins
the
remarkable
account
of
what
happened
to
Soraya
(Mozhan
Marno),
a
kind,
spirited
woman
whose
bad
marriage
leads
her
cruel,
divorce-seeking
husband
to
conspire
against
her,
trumping
up
charges
of
infidelity,
which
carry
an
unimaginable
penalty.
Moving
through
a
minefield
of
scheming,
lies
and
deceit,
Soraya
and
Zahra
will
attempt
to
prove
Soraya's
innocence
in a
legal
system
stacked
against
her.
But
when
all
else
fails,
Zahra
will
risk
everything
to
use
the
sole
weapon
she
has
left
--
the
fearless,
passionate
voice
that
can
share
Soraya's
story
with
a
shocked
world.
'The
Stoning
of
Soraya
M.'
. is
inspired
by
Paris-based
journalist
Freidoune
Sahebjam's
acclaimed
international
best-seller
of
the
same
name
which,
rife
with
intrigue
and
moral
outrage,
first
brought
global
attention
to
the
real
Soraya,
who
in
1986
was
buried
to
her
waist
in
her
hometown
square
and
stoned
by
her
fellow
villagers.
Director
Cyrus
Nowrasteh,
along
with
his
wife
and
fellow
screenwriter
Betsy
Giffen
Nowrasteh,
saw
in
Soraya
one
story
that
stands
for
thousands
of
untold
tales
around
the
world,
from
Africa
to
Asia,
from
Europe
to
America,
wherever
people
are
battling
prejudice
and
injustice.
Their
screenplay
takes
the
hard
facts
surrounding
Soraya's
fate
and
carves
from
them
a
lyrical,
fable-like
entertainment
that
gets
under
the
skin
by
posing
a
provocative
question:
who
among
us
would
throw
stones
and
who
would
take
a
stand
against
them?
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