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Soraya Manutchehri (Persian: ثریا منوچهری, romanized: Soraya Manuchehri; the "t" in the transcription by Sahebjam followed French spelling rules; c.1951 – 15 August 1986) was a 35-year-old woman who was stoned to death in the small village of Kuhpayeh, Iran, after being accused of adultery.
Mozhan Marno played the title role in the 2008 film The Stoning of Soraya M., about a woman whose husband falsely accuses her of adultery, resulting in her death by stoning. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In addition she has had roles in a number of television series including The Paul Reiser Show , The Glades , Hung , The Mentalist , Bones , The Unit , Medium ...
Mpower Pictures was launched with Bella (2006), winner of the Toronto Film Festival People's Choice Award, produced in association with Metanoia Films. [1] Since then, Mpower Pictures has produced a number of award-winning features for theatrical distribution including An American Carol, The Stoning of Soraya M. and Snowmen.
Vachik Mangassarian, known for his work in “NCIS,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” and more, has died. He was 78. A rep for Mangassarian told the Hollywood Reporter he ...
He gained international recognition for his novel La Femme Lapidée, in 1990, about Soraya Manutchehri, which was translated four years later as The Stoning of Soraya M.: A True Story. The book became the basis for screenplay of the 2008 film The Stoning of Soraya M., in which the American actor James Caviezel portrays Sahebjam.
"Society of the Snow" is earning raves for its a ccurate depiction of the terrifying 1972 plane crash in the Andes mountains that involved a Uruguayan rugby team.. The new Netflix drama, directed ...
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Soraya in childhood with her mother, c. 1935 Soraya was the elder child and only daughter of Khalil Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (1901–1983), [1] a Bakhtiari nobleman and Iranian ambassador to West Germany in the 1950s, and his Russian-born German wife Eva Karl (1906–1994).