The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008)

A drama set in 1986 Iran and centered on a man, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village and enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant had a tragic ending.

• adultery
• car
• cowardice
• death penalty
• double moral standard
• iran
• persia
• religious fundamentalism
• rural setting
• sadism
• stoning
• village