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The Stoning of Soraya M.

2009·1h 54m·R
Drama
IMDb Rating
★ 7.9/10
23,198 votes
Metascore
50
Metacritic

A story told by Zahra to a French journalist of her niece Soraya Manutchehri, a 35-year-old married woman, who received capital punishment and stoned to death because of false accusations in the remote village of Kuhpayeh, Iran, in 1986.

The Stoning of Soraya M. is a 2009 drama movie directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh, starring Jim Caviezel, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Navid Negahban. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.9/10 from 23,198 votes and runs 1h 54m.

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Director
Cyrus Nowrasteh
Stars
Jim Caviezel
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Navid Negahban
Mozhan Navabi
Details
2009-10-09
114 min
Movie
R
★ United States
★ Persian, English
Keywords
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