“The Stoning of Soraya M.,” a Film About Iran Whose Time May Have Come
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"If timing were everything, the director Cyrus Nowrasteh’s “The Stoning of Soraya M.” would have it all. The picture, which tells the story of a young woman stoned to death for supposed moral crimes in a remote Iranian village, is set to screen on Saturday at the Los Angeles Film Festival, and will be released by Roadside Attractions and MPower Pictures on June 26. The debut comes even as the world frets about things Iranian in the wake of a disputed election.
Last September, the timing wasn’t so hot for “Soraya.” At the time, the film played well at the Toronto International Film Festival, but was only a second runner-up for the people’s choice award at the festival, which went to “Slumdog Millionaire,” which was then just beginning its run toward a best-picture Oscar. (For the record, the people’s choice first runner-up was “More Than a Game,” a basketball documentary from Kristopher Belman.)
Mr. Nowrasteh, who was born in Colorado to Iranian parents and lived in Iran, was writer and producer of “The Path to 9/11,” an ABC docudrama that ran into a hornet’s nest of controversy with its portrayal of events leading to the 9/11 terror attacks."
"If timing were everything, the director Cyrus Nowrasteh’s “The Stoning of Soraya M.” would have it all. The picture, which tells the story of a young woman stoned to death for supposed moral crimes in a remote Iranian village, is set to screen on Saturday at the Los Angeles Film Festival, and will be released by Roadside Attractions and MPower Pictures on June 26. The debut comes even as the world frets about things Iranian in the wake of a disputed election.
Last September, the timing wasn’t so hot for “Soraya.” At the time, the film played well at the Toronto International Film Festival, but was only a second runner-up for the people’s choice award at the festival, which went to “Slumdog Millionaire,” which was then just beginning its run toward a best-picture Oscar. (For the record, the people’s choice first runner-up was “More Than a Game,” a basketball documentary from Kristopher Belman.)
Mr. Nowrasteh, who was born in Colorado to Iranian parents and lived in Iran, was writer and producer of “The Path to 9/11,” an ABC docudrama that ran into a hornet’s nest of controversy with its portrayal of events leading to the 9/11 terror attacks."
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