In a harsh hostile and repressive society a lone voice courageously dares to tell the world of an act of unimaginable cruelty. Based onn an incredible true story, The Stoning of Soraya M tells the powerful tale of a villages persecution of an innocent woman. Who will surrender to the mob and who will dare to stand up for what is right? Starring Academy Award Nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo(House of Sand and Fog) in the heroic role of Zahra, an iranian woman with a burning secret. When a journalist(Jim Caviezel, Passions of the Christ) is stranded in her remote village, she summons the courage to reveal what the villagers will stop at nothing to keep hidden.

Starring:
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jim Caviezel, Mozhan Marno,

Director:
Cyrus Nowrasteh

Run Time:
114 min

Genre:
Drama, World Cinema

Languages:
English

Released:
2008