Must see "The Stoning of Soraya M" based on true story

Yes , it actually happened in 1986 right after the Ayotollah Kohmeini took power.  An Iranian/French reporter "happened" on the event on his way out of the country when his vehicle broke down in a small remote town in Iran.
      Dramatized, not a documentary, it is gut wrenching powerful expose about an innocent woman in Iran whose husband want done with her for a 14 year old and sets about to separate from his wife with lies and accusatons of infidelity of which he himself  along with  spousal abuse is blatantly guilty. The reporter pulled into the story and who eventually got it to the outside world is played by the actor who portrayed Christ in the Passion of Christ.
  The innocence of the woman and the plotting of her husband and the corrupt little village officials and the manipulating of people to construct the false charges of infidelity will remind you of jobs you've worked at, of your own local politics, because it is so convincingly done step by step. It shows how people with a little power are infinitely clever at manipulating people into positions they don't want to be in, and are forced to protect themselves and loved ones to condemn another. Those of us who think we would be honorable  with such choices are often tricked into untenable positions such as the man she was accused of sleeping with who knew nothing of the games of more clever men and said as much, but was used nonetheless.
 Everything leads to the actual stoning and I  wondered ifI would actually witness it.  I was not prepared for the  slow ritual of the process where they began with the father, then the husband, her sons, her alleged lover, having to cast the first stones before all the participants join in. She is bound and buried in the dirt, standing,  up to her hips.
  I guarantee you each step of the way will enrage you because you will see how we ourselves often compromise  unfair practices in our own workplaces and in our politics and government to get by in our daily lives. We don't think we have enough evidence to confront a person of authority in a case of bias, yet that same person of authority knows exactly how to take bits of information and build a case to condemn someone they want out of the way.
   I really feel this is a movie that needs to be seen for more than just the outrage of the stoning, but for the subtle ways we all succumb to manipulators.