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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 ...
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.
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]
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 ...
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.
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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]