Movie
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2009-06-26
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Mpower Pictures, Roadside Attractions, Prime Meridian Pctures, Fallen Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Shohreh Aghdashloo as Zahra
- Mozhan Navabi as Soraya M.
- Jim Caviezel as Freidoune
- Navid Negahban as Ali
- Ali Pourtash as Mullah
- David Diaan as Ebrahim
- Parviz Sayyad as Hashem
- Vida Ghahremani as Bita
- Vachik Mangassarian as Soraya's Father
- Maggie Parto as Vo
- Prasanna Puwanarajah as Revolutionary Guard
- Bita Sheibani as Leila
Crew
- Cyrus Nowrasteh - Director
- Cyrus Nowrasteh - Screenplay
- Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh - Screenplay
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