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The Stoning of Soraya M. is an adaption of the book. 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 ...
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 ...
Ali Pourtash is an actor and comedian of Iranian cinema.Having worked in numerous plays, films, TV shows and stage productions in Tehran and in Los Angeles Pourtash was most recently seen in the 2008 film The Stoning of Soraya M. directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh. [1]
2008 Toronto Film Festival, People's Choice Award, Runner-up (The Stoning of Soraya M.) [3] 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival, Audience Award (The Stoning of Soraya M.) [4] 2010 Image Awards, Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture (The Stoning of Soraya M.) [4] 2010 Tribeca Film Festival, Audience Award, Runner-up (Snowmen) [5]
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.
The Stoning of Soraya M. Ali 2009 Powder Blue: Dr. Brooks Stellina Blue: Amir Keshavarz Dead Air: Abir Brothers: Murad 2011 Atlas Shrugged: Part I: Dr. Robert Stadler 2013 The Power of Few: Sahel The Moment: Malik Jamil Words and Pictures: Headmaster Rashid 2014 American Sniper: Sheikh Al-Obodi 2015 Baba Joon: Itzhak Also executive producer 2016
It is the second collaboration between Nowrasteh and Caviezel, following The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008). [4] Both films deal with corruption and human rights abuses by the Iranian regime, and center on foreign journalists (played by Caviezel) whose rights are infringed upon and violated by the Iranian antagonists. [5]
The Stoning of Soraya M. (Persian: .سنگسار ثريا م) is a 2008 American drama film adapted from French Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam's 1994 book of the same name based on the true story of a woman falsely convicted of adultery in Iran and subsequently stoned to death. The film version was directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh and written ...