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The Stoning of Soraya M.

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Director Cyrus Nowrasteh teams with screenwriter Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh to illuminate the dangers of religious fundamentalism, gender apartheid, and mob rule with this fictionalized adaptation of Freidoune Sahebjam's best-selling novel centering on a true-life tragedy. The story takes place in 1986, just as Khomeini is coming into power in Iran. Undercover French journalist Freidoune Sahebjam (Jim Caviezel) is traveling though a small southwestern village when his car breaks down. Surrounded by strife...more

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The Stoning by Shayla777
The Stoning is a powerful movie with the ability to shake our world into remember the dignity of the woman. Yes, at times it is graphic, but so is reality....

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WOW is all I have to say by Missmott355
I just finished watching this film and I was blown away. The fact that this is a TRUE STORY is unfathomable. It brings awareness not only to abuse of that...

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