The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008)
The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008)
BDRip 720p | MKV | 1280x544 | x264 @ 5028 Kbps | 114 min | 4,37 Gb
Audio: English AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps | Subs: English hardcoded when it needed
Genre: Drama
BDRip 720p | MKV | 1280x544 | x264 @ 5028 Kbps | 114 min | 4,37 Gb
Audio: English AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps | Subs: English hardcoded when it needed
Genre: Drama
It is 1986 in Iran. Undercover French journalist Freidoune Sahebjam (Caviezel) is traveling though a small southwestern village when his car breaks down. Surrounded by strife, he has little choice other to wait until his car is repaired and is soon approached by persistent local Zahra (Aghdashloo), who convinces him to follow her into the courtyard behind her home. There, she reveals to him that she has just bore witness to a most heinous crime - the stoning of an innocent woman who refused to divorce her husband so he could marry a younger girl. To get his way the husband accused his wife of adultery and, in order to ensure that she had no chance of defending herself, blackmailed several male villagers to testify on his behalf. A tribunal was quickly called, and her fate forever sealed.
Saw this film recently at a special "pre-screening". The Stoning of Soraya M. is one of the few movies you will vividly remember to your dying day. It is almost unwatchable, yet you can't take your eyes off the screen. To think that women are still going through this today, creates a sense of obligation to see this movie. I can't stop thinking about all the women who encounter this type of injustice around the globe. Shohreh's performance is stunning and she surely deserves an Oscar nomination. She literally has pages of written text on her face, in one glance she communicates so much. Though tough to watch at places, I don't think it any different then the senseless violence in summer blockbusters and horror films. This film is a testament to the hundreds of thousand of voiceless women around the work.
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The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008)
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