The Stoning of Soraya M.

I really should write this tomorrow.
I really should count to 10 first.
I have never ever been so angry after watching a film. Ever.
So maybe I owe it to the makers of this film to give them an honest appraisal from one member of their audience.

This is the most abominable way to tell a tragic story. I have never encountered any film that does such an injustice to its topic. Ever.

If you haven't seen it, there aren't any spoilers that you can't get from the title. It is about the stoning of Soraya M, an Iranian woman who was accused and found guilty of impropriety, or 'moral crimes' as they call…

I went into this viewing much like any other without any knowledge of what it was about. The title kind of gave things away, so, I knew it must be a commentary on Islamic fundamentalist barbaric practices. I also knew that the fundamentalists are not followers of true Islam, but rather a small faction of radicals that have captured power and imposed their twisted interpretations on a nation of respectable decent citizens. The quote in the opening credits affirmed as such.

As the opening credits rolled, I thought it was odd that they were all in English, and the production crew seemed to be entirely English as well. I had thought that this was an Iranian story. Ok, so it’s…

I went into this viewing much like any other without any knowledge of what it was about. The title kind of gave things away, so, I knew it must be a commentary on Islamic fundamentalist barbaric practices. I also knew that the fundamentalists are not followers of true Islam, but rather a small faction of radicals that have captured power and imposed their twisted interpretations on a nation of respectable decent citizens. The quote in the opening credits affirmed as such.

As the opening credits rolled, I thought it was odd that they were all in English, and the production crew seemed to be entirely English as well. I had thought that this was an Iranian story. Ok, so it’s…

The Stoning of Soraya M.

I really should write this tomorrow.
I really should count to 10 first.
I have never ever been so angry after watching a film. Ever.
So maybe I owe it to the makers of this film to give them an honest appraisal from one member of their audience.

This is the most abominable way to tell a tragic story. I have never encountered any film that does such an injustice to its topic. Ever.

If you haven't seen it, there aren't any spoilers that you can't get from the title. It is about the stoning of Soraya M, an Iranian woman who was accused and found guilty of impropriety, or 'moral crimes' as they call…

The tragic and powerful true story of Soraya Manutchehri an Iranian women who's only crime was to deny her abusive and corrupt prison guard of a husband a divorce.

Refusing to give her husband a divorce so he could marry a 14 year old girl Soraya M was found guilty of infidelity as a result of a conspiracy between her husband and the villiage leaders and sentenced to death by stoning.

The Stoning of Soraya M isn't so much a critique of the Muslim faith and Sharia law but more of a condemnation of a husband and a group of corrupt officials who twisted the word of their 'God' for selfish ends and sent an innocent women to the most…