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kobvindex_ZLB15468947
Format:
1 DVD-Video (104 Min. + 20 Min. Bonus)
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DD stereo
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1.78:1 Aspect Ratio
Content:
Cool-headed, lighthearted and outrageously entertaining, "Forbidden Lie$" is documentary-as-striptease, a careful peeling of claim and counterclaim to reveal one of the most complex literary scandals of our time. Performing this dance of the seven veils is Norma Khouri, the Jordanian-born writer whose popular 2003 memoir, "Forbidden Love" (known in the United States as "Honor Lost"), purported to recount the honor killing of her best friend, Dalia. But when the Australian journalist Malcolm Knox publicly accused Ms. Khouri of fabricating her inflammatory story ̶ and concealing her identity as a Chicago real estate agent under investigation by the F.B.I. ̶ she abandoned her children to a neighbor and went into hiding. Crossing continents and genres, Anna Broinowski's distinctively styled movie blends candid interviews and tongue-in-cheek re-enactments into what can only be described as a literary whydunit. Brilliantly edited (by Alison Croft and Vanessa Milton) for suspense rather than chronology, the movie is a she-said-they-said puzzle whose particulars pale beside Ms. Khouri's devastating charisma and resilient intellect. Cooperating fully and flirtatiously, bobbing and weaving her way around every factual trap laid for her, the writer refuses to cave. Were her lies pathological or, as she claims, necessary for her family's safety? At times even her filmmaker seems unsure. (JEANNETTE CATSOULIS, New York Times)
Note:
Ländercode: 0
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Orig.: Australien, 2007
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Featurettes: About the real Norma. Norma's Jordan. Goose Chase. The world of John T.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Khouri, Norma
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Ehrenmord
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Literarische Fälschung
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DVD-Video
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DVD-Video
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