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28/10/2015 Documentary 0h 40m
71
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Falling in love and living to tell her tale.

Overview

A woman in Pakistan sentenced to death for falling in love becomes a rare survivor of the country's harsh judicial system.

  1. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Asad Jamal

    Self

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-07-12
There is something really quite harrowing about the beginning of this short documentary as we are introduced to Saba. She has married a man to whom she had once been engaged and with whom she is in love - but to the horror of her father who together with her uncle took her to the side of the river, shot her in the head and then left her to the mercy of the waters. Fortunately for her, her dad wasn't much of a shot and she survived - but only to find that her attempts to obtain justice for this crime aroused starkly different views from a community that was by no means unanimous in it's condemn...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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