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In a world of secrecy, corruption and injustice, a single courageous voice can tell a true
story that changes everything.
This is what lies at the heart of the emotionally charged experience of The Stoning
Of Soraya M. Based on an incredible true story, this powerful tale of a village’s persecution of an innocent woman becomes both a daring act of witness and a compelling parable about mob rule. Who will join forces with the plot against her, who will surrender to the mob, and who will dare to stand up for what is right. It is both a classic fable of good and evil and an inspiring tribute to the many fighting against injustice all around the world, THE Stoning Of Soraya M. was a rousing runner-up to “Slumdog Millionaire” as the Audience Favorite at the Toronto Film Festival. Academy Award® nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo (“House of Sand and Fog”) stars in the heroic role of Zahra, an Iranian woman with a burning secret. When a journalist (Jim Caviezel, “The Passion Of The Christ,” “Déjà Vu”) is stranded in her remote village, she takes a bold chance to reveal what the villagers will stop at nothing to keep hidden.Thus begins 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. Moving
through a minefield of scheming, lies and deceit, Soraya and Zahra will attempt to prove
Soraya’s innocence in a legal system stacked against her. But when all else fails, Zahra will risk
everything to use the only weapon she has left – her fearless, passionate voice that can share
Soraya’s story with a shocked world.
The Stoning Of Soraya M. is inspired by Paris-based journalist Freidoune
Sahebjam’s acclaimed international best-seller of the same name which, rife with intrigue and
moral outrage, first brought global attention to the real Soraya, who in 1986 was buried to her
waist in her hometown square and stoned to death by her fellow villagers.
Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh was born in Cleveland Ohio, and grew up in Shaker Heights. She received her BA in creative writing from Miami University Ohio and moved to Los Angeles when she was 22 where she worked as production artist and copywriter in film advertising. Her career in movie advertising included work on such movies as Road Warrior, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Prizzi’s Honor and many more.
In 1981 she married Cyrus Nowrasteh. Their two sons Alex and Mark were born in 1983 and 1985 respectively, and while focused on motherhood, Betsy started to write screenplays.
Her first produced screenplay was for Largo Entertainment and HBO entitled Under Pressure, a dark suburban drama a mother protecting her children. It starred Charlie Sheen and Mare Winningham and aired on HBOin 1997. She continued to write screenplays, but forayed into production design on Norma Jean, Jack and Me, and independent film that played the Festival circuit, and on HDTV in 1999 and 2000.
With her husband, Cyrus, a writer/director, Betsy pursued the rights to the true account of a stoning in Iran entitled The Stoning of Soraya M. Believing it to be a powerful and dramatic account of a barbaric practice, Betsy and Cyrus wrote the script together and have brought it to the screen with producers Stephen MceVeety and John Shepherd of Mpower Pictures.
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