Free Movie Pre-Screening of The Stoning of Soraya M

The Maximus Group is facilitating invitations to the pre-release screenings of a new film which comes out on June 30th. Based on a true story, The Stoning of Soraya M stars Jim Caviezel (The Passion of The Christ) and Academy Award nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Sand and Fog, The Nativity Story and The Exorcism of Emily Rose). The producers include Steve McEveety (The Passion and Braveheart), and John Shepherd (The American Carol and The Ultimate Gift). The musical score was composed by John Debney, the same composer for The Passion of The Christ.

The Stoning of Soraya M is set in 1986 Iran and centers on journalist, Sahebjam (Caviezel), whose car breaks down in a remote village. Here he enters into a conversation with Zahra (Aghdashloo), who relays to him the story of her niece, Soraya (Marnò) and the tragic ending of her arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant. The film is a powerful tale of a village’s persecution of an innocent woman and becomes both a daring act of witness and a compelling parable about mob rule. It is both a classic fable of good and evil and an inspiring tribute to those who are fighting against injustice around the world. The Stoning of Soraya M was a rousing runner-up to the Academy Award winning Slumdog Millionaire as the audience favorite at the Toronto Film Festival.

Please be advised that this is an adult film with serious content matter which includes a graphic depiction of stoning. It is rated R and you should not bring children.

We hope you can join us for either the San Francisco screening which is tomorrow night, Thursday May 21 at 7:00 p.m. at Landmark Embarcadero Center Cinemas (One Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA, 94111; 415-267-4893) or plan on attending the Los Angeles screening next week on Wednesday, May 27 at 7:00 p.m. at the Landmark Westside Pavilion (10850 West Pico Boulevard Los Angeles CA 90064; 310-470-0492).

You can register here www.CatholicScreenings.com for either of the screenings.