Monday, November 22, 2010 | By: Patrick

The Stoning of Soraya M.

I'm seldom moved or disturbed by movies. The Stoning of Soraya M. did both in equal measures.

A "must see" film, if ever there was one. Especially for women. . .

Based on Freidoune Sahebjam's bestseller, it recounts the harrowing story of Soraya Manutchehri. Her husband was an ambitious man, prone to rage and violence. He wanted a way out of his marriage in order to marry a 14-year-old girl, but refused to support two families or return Soraya's dowry. When Soraya began cooking for a friend's widowed husband, he found his excuse: abetted by village authorities, he accused his wife of adultery. She was taken away, buried up to her waist, and then stoned to death.

Here's the trailer:

11 commentaires:

Cecrow said...

I can imagine some few people see you post this and wonder, what's that got to do with your blog's subject matter? But that attitude would be precisely why genre fiction is so looked down upon by the literati; they feel it's purely to feed a desire for sheer entertainment divorced from any emotional investment or interest in the real world. I'd prefer to think there's any number of visitors to your blog who would sit up and take notice when you post this kind of material, and share your reaction; myself included, btw.

7:18 AM
machinery said...

cecrow, then why are you here ?
go with the "thinking" people, the "literati" (?)
i'm sure for them books like "the story of O" is beautifull, for me it's just filth.
but i guess i'm just desire and not "literati".
btw, if you imply that there politics should not be allowed here, go say that on the blogs of every author.
for example radical leftists like g. r. r. martin or steven brust.

but i guess in the end it's ok if it sits well with your opinion.

9:10 AM
Heath said...

machinery, perhaps you should take a minute to read the comment you just responded to more carefully.

10:28 AM
Cecrow said...

I think you got me wrong, machinery. I believe we're on the same side of this debate. What I said above, essentially: it's fortunate that Pat, being one of us, does not make the mistake of thinking us disinterested in things of this nature and posts it for the same audience that he knows enjoys genre so much. The ivory tower class I was deriding might not be so generous in their assessment of what content we'd be affected by.

12:57 PM
Matthieu said...

@Cecrow: I agree with you, its gives some fresh air and shows that those blog's visitors are not not single minded people

1:16 PM
The Dude said...

I think Cecrow is saying exactly the opposite of what you're accusing him of, machinery.

3:00 PM
Anonymous said...

Wow machinery, you blow Cecrow's comment totally out of proportion.
And btw, what Americans call "radical leftists" is common sense in other countries...

Thanks for the trailer, Pat! Definitely a film to watch.

5:04 PM
Anonymous said...

its really funny how something as simple as "I like that pat is showing other things besides genre fiction" can get you a response like machinery's (its like having a big red target painted across your ass the moment you say it).

sorry, machinery but cecrow wins this one.

12:56 AM
machinery said...

cecrow - ok, sorry, your last line was alittle ambiguous, could have been understood as i did as well.

2:22 AM
Anonymous said...

Hehe.

Thank heavens, I thought I was going insane. I read those top two comments last night several times each and I wondered if was just me that thought machinery was answering some other post. :S
I was going to answer but then just decided it was best not to get involved.

Ramah.

4:43 AM
Anonymous said...

This just in: the Catholic Church is involved in the cover-up, defense and enabling of pedophile priests in countries around the world for decades. But this is a blog about fantastic fiction and uh, bad muslims, so while you will see posts about fantasy and bad muslims, you will not see anything about pedophile priests because abused children aren't as helpless as muslim women. Or something.

9:32 PM

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