The Stoning of Soraya M.

The Stoning of Soraya M. Persian . is a 2008 American Persianlanguage drama film adapted from French journalist Freidoune Sahebjams 1990 book La Femme Lapide.

Stranded in the remote Iranian village of Kuhpayeh by car trouble, a journalist is approached by Zahra, a woman with a harrowing tale to tell about her niece, Soraya, and the bloody circumstances of Sorayas death, by stoning, the previous day. The two sit down as Zahra recounts the story to Freidoune, who records the conversation with his tape recorder. The journalist must escape with his life to tell the story to the rest of the world.Ali is Sorayas abusive husband who tries to get the villages mullah to convince Soraya to grant him a divorce so that he can marry a 14yearold girl. Ali is able to convince the mullah by making threats to tell the rest of the village about his past as a convict. ........

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