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The Stoning of Soraya M.
Crime, Drama
In 1986 Iran, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village, enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant ended in tragedy.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers prepared for an emotionally punishing indictment of institutionalized cruelty and double standards, especially when grounded in a stark true-story atmosphere.
- Tone
- bleak, dread, melancholic
- Payoff
- heartbreak, reflection
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- harrowing
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- gender injustice, patriarchal violence, moral hypocrisy, abuse of power, capital punishment
- Setting
- late twentieth-century, remote rural village under religious authority
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