Bol (2011)
If taking a life is a crime, why is giving a life not a crime?
Gênero : Drama
Runtime : 2H 45M
Director : Shoaib Mansoor
Escritor : Shoaib Mansoor
Sinopse
O filme começa mostrando a protagonista, Zainab (Humaima Malick), prestes a ser enforcada. Ela conta a sua história para a mídia antes que isso aconteça. Ela cresceu com seis irmãs, uma mãe e um pai. O pai sempre quis um filho para que o filho pudesse ajudar nas questões financeiras da família; o pai não acredita que as mulheres tenham um emprego remunerado. Eles têm um filho intersexo (hijra (sul da Ásia) em urdu) chamado Syed Saifullah Khan ou Saifi (Amr Kashmiri). O pai (Hakim) não gosta de Saifi por ser intersexual. Saifi é profundamente amado pelo resto da sua família. Zainab é casada com um cara que vive a assediando por não ter dado à luz. Assim, ela volta para a casa do seu pai. A mãe de Zainab continua a ter bebés que nascem mortos. Zainab organiza uma laqueadura para ela. Quando Hakim (Manzar Sehbai) descobre, fica muito zangado.
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Um espírito simples e fiel é Muharrem. Trabalha incessantemente para o patrão Ali e vai à mesquita sem faltas. Já beira a velhice e vive sozinho de forma casta. Até que o chefe religioso o convoca para cobrar o imenso dinheiro mensal que a mesquita fatura com a comunidade, lhe oferece carro, roupas e acessórios de luxo que Muharrem nunca teve e ainda mais. Ah, tentação! Tradução do título original: Piedade.
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