Good, sad story

19 ocak 2011 & iran'da kadina yapilan recmi, amerikali yonetmen de irana karsi yapiyor. bu yonuyle oldukca ironik bir anti-propoganda filmi. filmin ucuzlugu tamamen tek tarafli olusundan geliyor. filmdeki tek iyi erkek karakter, olaylari dinleyen fransiz gazeteci. 'evet, iranlilar kotu, islam boyle pis bir din, hadi iran'i yok edelim!' . . mide bulandirici olan filmin bu temel ustune kurulmasidir.

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"The Stoning of Soraya M. functions as a message-movie slasher film." - Nick Schager

I have such mixed feelings about this. I tend to dislike "message movies," and even if there's nothing particularly contemptuous or preachy about this film, nor is it very insightful. It's obvious and one-note. It does compel you to keep watching with some building suspense, but part of me feels that's only in anticipation of the film's title being realized. At least the acting is good, and some authenticity is achieved by the cast and location.

very orientalist, very hollywood unfortunately, far from being an Iran cinema...

I suspect this film may attract its low ratings for just how shocking the stoning was. But how could this film, in good conscience, do anything but show every nuance of this atrocity? Not only the impacts of rocks, but the sickening customs that order their throws and the farcical 'trial' that convicts Soraya. Sharia law is nothing more than a shell game, where the cards are stacked in the favour of ambitious men. This film describes that game in vivid detail.

Recommended viewing, maybe, for anyone who, in order to be convinced of the barbarity of the practice, needs to see the full cold-blooded preparations of burying the woman up to her hips with arms pinioned at her sides, needs as well to see every blood-drawing stone thrown %u2014 some of them in slow-motion, the first few of them thrown preferentially by father, husband, and sons %u2014 and needs in addition for the victim to be completely innocent of the charge: an Islamic Ox-Bow Incident.

Blunt and brutal.

date viewed: 8/1/10...based on a true story. shohreh aghdashloo is fantastic as zahra. the movie derives its power by building the tension slowly but inevitably towards its tragic ending. warning: the stoning scene is very bloody and agonizingly drawn out...i did feel however that it was not gratuitous. verdict: highly recommended.

This compelling and emotional movie represents what occurs all too often in some Islamic countries.