Last weekend I had the opportunity to see The Stoning of Soraya M. at the Uptown Theater in the lake district of Minneapolis. Viewing this limited release movie was at the suggestion of a friend of mine who had the opportunity to go to a prescreening of the movie.
Focusing on the corruption in government and the Islamic religion in Iran, the film tells the story of a woman wrongly accused of adultery—an offense punishable by death by stoning in sharia law. This barbaric practice still occurs with some frequency through out the middle east today.
The Stoning of Soraya M. is produced by Steven McEveety; the same as The Passion of the Christ and Braveheart, so you can be sure that this is in the same vein as the others. Jim Caviezel plays the reporter who records the story told by the aunt of Soraya. Caviezel’s role is limited, but essential and played with class.
Something to be aware of is the extreme violence with which the stoning is portayed. It is extremely bloody and not for the faint of heart or stomach.
PLEASE see this movie. It will not disappoint.
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