The Stoning of Soraya M.

Jun 26, 2009

1h 54m

★ 7.6

When a deadly conspiracy became a shameful cover-up One witness refused to be silent

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Mpower Pictures

Roadside Attractions

Prime Meridian Pctures

Fallen Films

The Stoning of Soraya M. Trailers

Cast

Zahra

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Soraya M.

Mozhan Navabi

Freidoune

Jim Caviezel

Ali

Navid Negahban

Mullah

Ali Pourtash

Ebrahim

David Diaan

Hashem

Parviz Sayyad

Bita

Vida Ghahremani

Soraya's Father

Vachik Mangassarian

Maggie Parto

Revolutionary Guard

Prasanna Puwanarajah

Leila

Bita Sheibani

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