He's no stranger to controversy in film. And with a list of credits including some of today's most compelling docudramas (the 2001 feature presentation, The Day Reagan Was Shot and the highly controversial, The Path to 911), Director Cyrus Nowrasteh again displays the necessary grit to deliver yet another powerful message. In his latest film, THE STONING OF SORAYA M., based on an incredible true story of a village’s persecution of an innocent woman—becomes both a daring act of witness and a compelling parable about mob rule. In the film, Academy Award® nominee, Shohreh Aghdashloo (HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG) stars in the heroic role of Zahra, an Iranian woman who against all odds reveals to a journalist (played by Jim Caviezel THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, DÉJÀ VU) a dark secret that the villagers will stop at nothing to keep hidden. Thus unraveling the remarkable account of what happened to Soraya (Mozhan Marnò), a kind spirited woman whose bad marriage leads her cruel, divorce-seeking husband to conspire against her, trumping up charges of infidelity, which carry an unimaginable penalty.
Adapted from the international best seller of the same name, penned by Paris- based journalist, Freidoune Sahebjam’s, THE STONING OF SORAYA M. brought global attention to the real Soraya, who in 1986 was buried to her waist in her hometown square and was stoned to death by her fellow villagers. In a recent interview Nowrasteh, talks about the making of his latest project, its brave and compelling message and his hopes for the future of human rights reform. FULL FEATURE
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